# The Digital 26 tech dictionary

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## .env

.env is a local file of environment variables.

## .gitattributes

.gitattributes is per-path rules for line endings, diffs, and linguist overrides.

## .gitignore

.gitignore is the file that lists paths Git should not track, such as node_modules and .

## <a> (HTML a element)

<a> (HTML a element) is the HTML <a> element: a hyperlink.

## <abbr> (HTML abbr element)

<abbr> (HTML abbr element) is the HTML <abbr> element: an abbreviation with an optional expansion.

## <address> (HTML address element)

<address> (HTML address element) is the HTML <address> element: contact information for the article or page author.

## <area> (HTML area element)

<area> (HTML area element) is the HTML <area> element: a hot-spot in an image map.

## <article> (HTML article element)

<article> (HTML article element) is the HTML <article> element: a self-contained composition, such as a dictionary entry or blog post.

## <aside> (HTML aside element)

<aside> (HTML aside element) is the HTML <aside> element: tangential content, such as a pull quote or related links.

## <audio> (HTML audio element)

<audio> (HTML audio element) is the HTML <audio> element: an embedded sound player.

## <b> (HTML b element)

<b> (HTML b element) is the HTML <b> element: offset text without extra importance.

## <base> (HTML base element)

<base> (HTML base element) is the HTML <base> element: the base URL for relative links in the document.

## <bdi> (HTML bdi element)

<bdi> (HTML bdi element) is the HTML <bdi> element: isolates bidirectional text so a name in another script does not flip nearby words.

## <bdo> (HTML bdo element)

<bdo> (HTML bdo element) is the HTML <bdo> element: overrides text direction.

## <blockquote> (HTML blockquote element)

<blockquote> (HTML blockquote element) is the HTML <blockquote> element: a quoted block from another source.

## <body> (HTML body element)

<body> (HTML body element) is the HTML <body> element: the visible document content.

## <br> (HTML br element)

<br> (HTML br element) is the HTML <br> element: a line break inside text, not a spacing tool.

## <button> (HTML button element)

<button> (HTML button element) is the HTML <button> element: a control that does an action.

## <canvas> (HTML canvas element)

<canvas> (HTML canvas element) is the HTML <canvas> element: a bitmap drawing surface scripted with JavaScript.

## <caption> (HTML caption element)

<caption> (HTML caption element) is the HTML <caption> element: the title of a table.

## <cite> (HTML cite element)

<cite> (HTML cite element) is the HTML <cite> element: the title of a cited work.

## <code> (HTML code element)

<code> (HTML code element) is the HTML <code> element: a fragment of computer code.

## <col> (HTML col element)

<col> (HTML col element) is the HTML <col> element: column attributes in a table column group.

## <colgroup> (HTML colgroup element)

<colgroup> (HTML colgroup element) is the HTML <colgroup> element: a group of table columns.

## <data> (HTML data element)

<data> (HTML data element) is the HTML <data> element: content with a machine-readable value attribute.

## <datalist> (HTML datalist element)

<datalist> (HTML datalist element) is the HTML <datalist> element: autocomplete options for an input.

## <dd> (HTML dd element)

<dd> (HTML dd element) is the HTML <dd> element: the description in a description list.

## <del> (HTML del element)

<del> (HTML del element) is the HTML <del> element: text that was removed, useful in diffs.

## <details> (HTML details element)

<details> (HTML details element) is the HTML <details> element: a disclosure widget the user can open.

## <dfn> (HTML dfn element)

<dfn> (HTML dfn element) is the HTML <dfn> element: the defining instance of a term.

## <dialog> (HTML dialog element)

<dialog> (HTML dialog element) is the HTML <dialog> element: a native modal or non-modal dialog.

## <div> (HTML div element)

<div> (HTML div element) is the HTML <div> element: a generic block with no meaning.

## <dl> (HTML dl element)

<dl> (HTML dl element) is the HTML <dl> element: a description list of terms and definitions.

## <dt> (HTML dt element)

<dt> (HTML dt element) is the HTML <dt> element: the term in a description list.

## <em> (HTML em element)

<em> (HTML em element) is the HTML <em> element: stress emphasis that changes the meaning of a sentence.

## <embed> (HTML embed element)

<embed> (HTML embed element) is the HTML <embed> element: an external embedded resource, less common than iframe.

## <fieldset> (HTML fieldset element)

<fieldset> (HTML fieldset element) is the HTML <fieldset> element: groups related form controls with a legend.

## <figcaption> (HTML figcaption element)

<figcaption> (HTML figcaption element) is the HTML <figcaption> element: the caption of a figure.

## <figure> (HTML figure element)

<figure> (HTML figure element) is the HTML <figure> element: self-contained media with an optional caption.

## <footer> (HTML footer element)

<footer> (HTML footer element) is the HTML <footer> element: the footer of a section or page.

## <form> (HTML form element)

<form> (HTML form element) is the HTML <form> element: a set of controls that submit to a URL.

## <h1> (HTML h1 element)

<h1> (HTML h1 element) is the HTML <h1> element: the top heading of a page or section.

## <h2> (HTML h2 element)

<h2> (HTML h2 element) is the HTML <h2> element: a section heading under h1.

## <h3> (HTML h3 element)

<h3> (HTML h3 element) is the HTML <h3> element: a subsection heading.

## <h4> (HTML h4 element)

<h4> (HTML h4 element) is the HTML <h4> element: a heading level you should rarely need if the outline is clean.

## <h5> (HTML h5 element)

<h5> (HTML h5 element) is the HTML <h5> element: an even deeper heading.

## <h6> (HTML h6 element)

<h6> (HTML h6 element) is the HTML <h6> element: the deepest heading level.

## <head> (HTML head element)

<head> (HTML head element) is the HTML <head> element: metadata, title, scripts, and links, not visible text.

## <header> (HTML header element)

<header> (HTML header element) is the HTML <header> element: introductory content for a section or page.

## <hgroup> (HTML hgroup element)

<hgroup> (HTML hgroup element) is the HTML <hgroup> element: groups a heading with subtitles.

## <hr> (HTML hr element)

<hr> (HTML hr element) is the HTML <hr> element: a thematic break, not a decorative line.

## <html> (HTML html element)

<html> (HTML html element) is the HTML <html> element: the root element of an HTML document.

## <i> (HTML i element)

<i> (HTML i element) is the HTML <i> element: an alternate voice, such as a technical term.

## <iframe> (HTML iframe element)

<iframe> (HTML iframe element) is the HTML <iframe> element: a nested browsing context.

## <img> (HTML img element)

<img> (HTML img element) is the HTML <img> element: an image with a required alt that describes the purpose.

## <input> (HTML input element)

<input> (HTML input element) is the HTML <input> element: a form control whose type changes its job.

## <ins> (HTML ins element)

<ins> (HTML ins element) is the HTML <ins> element: inserted text, the pair of del.

## <kbd> (HTML kbd element)

<kbd> (HTML kbd element) is the HTML <kbd> element: keyboard input, used in docs.

## <label> (HTML label element)

<label> (HTML label element) is the HTML <label> element: the name of a control.

## <legend> (HTML legend element)

<legend> (HTML legend element) is the HTML <legend> element: the caption of a fieldset.

## <li> (HTML li element)

<li> (HTML li element) is the HTML <li> element: an item in a list.

## <link> (HTML link element)

<link> (HTML link element) is the HTML <link> element: a relationship to an external resource, such as a stylesheet.

## <main> (HTML main element)

<main> (HTML main element) is the HTML <main> element: the dominant content of the page.

## <map> (HTML map element)

<map> (HTML map element) is the HTML <map> element: an image map container.

## <mark> (HTML mark element)

<mark> (HTML mark element) is the HTML <mark> element: highlighted text for reference.

## <menu> (HTML menu element)

<menu> (HTML menu element) is the HTML <menu> element: a semantic list of commands in supporting browsers.

## <meta> (HTML meta element)

<meta> (HTML meta element) is the HTML <meta> element: document-level metadata such as description and viewport.

## <meter> (HTML meter element)

<meter> (HTML meter element) is the HTML <meter> element: a scalar gauge within a known range.

## <nav> (HTML nav element)

<nav> (HTML nav element) is the HTML <nav> element: a set of navigation links.

## <noscript> (HTML noscript element)

<noscript> (HTML noscript element) is the HTML <noscript> element: fallback content when scripts are off.

## <object> (HTML object element)

<object> (HTML object element) is the HTML <object> element: an embedded external resource, mostly legacy.

## <ol> (HTML ol element)

<ol> (HTML ol element) is the HTML <ol> element: an ordered list.

## <optgroup> (HTML optgroup element)

<optgroup> (HTML optgroup element) is the HTML <optgroup> element: a labeled group of select options.

## <option> (HTML option element)

<option> (HTML option element) is the HTML <option> element: a choice inside a select or datalist.

## <output> (HTML output element)

<output> (HTML output element) is the HTML <output> element: the result of a calculation in a form.

## <p> (HTML p element)

<p> (HTML p element) is the HTML <p> element: a paragraph of text.

## <picture> (HTML picture element)

<picture> (HTML picture element) is the HTML <picture> element: art-direction for images with multiple sources.

## <pre> (HTML pre element)

<pre> (HTML pre element) is the HTML <pre> element: preformatted text that keeps spaces and line breaks.

## <progress> (HTML progress element)

<progress> (HTML progress element) is the HTML <progress> element: a progress bar for a task.

## <q> (HTML q element)

<q> (HTML q element) is the HTML <q> element: a short inline quotation.

## <rp> (HTML rp element)

<rp> (HTML rp element) is the HTML <rp> element: fallback parentheses for ruby annotations.

## <rt> (HTML rt element)

<rt> (HTML rt element) is the HTML <rt> element: the annotation of a ruby run.

## <ruby> (HTML ruby element)

<ruby> (HTML ruby element) is the HTML <ruby> element: East Asian pronunciation annotations.

## <s> (HTML s element)

<s> (HTML s element) is the HTML <s> element: text that is no longer accurate.

## <samp> (HTML samp element)

<samp> (HTML samp element) is the HTML <samp> element: sample output from a program.

## <script> (HTML script element)

<script> (HTML script element) is the HTML <script> element: executable code or a JSON-LD block.

## <search> (HTML search element)

<search> (HTML search element) is the HTML <search> element: a landmark for a search form.

## <section> (HTML section element)

<section> (HTML section element) is the HTML <section> element: a thematic grouping with a heading.

## <select> (HTML select element)

<select> (HTML select element) is the HTML <select> element: a dropdown or multi-select control.

## <slot> (HTML slot element)

<slot> (HTML slot element) is the HTML <slot> element: a placeholder in a shadow tree for projected light-DOM children.

## <small> (HTML small element)

<small> (HTML small element) is the HTML <small> element: side comments, not a way to make legal text unreadable.

## <source> (HTML source element)

<source> (HTML source element) is the HTML <source> element: an alternative media file for picture, audio, or video.

## <span> (HTML span element)

<span> (HTML span element) is the HTML <span> element: a generic inline box with no meaning.

## <strong> (HTML strong element)

<strong> (HTML strong element) is the HTML <strong> element: strong importance, not only bold styling.

## <style> (HTML style element)

<style> (HTML style element) is the HTML <style> element: embedded CSS.

## <sub> (HTML sub element)

<sub> (HTML sub element) is the HTML <sub> element: subscript.

## <summary> (HTML summary element)

<summary> (HTML summary element) is the HTML <summary> element: the visible label of a details widget.

## <sup> (HTML sup element)

<sup> (HTML sup element) is the HTML <sup> element: superscript.

## <table> (HTML table element)

<table> (HTML table element) is the HTML <table> element: tabular data.

## <tbody> (HTML tbody element)

<tbody> (HTML tbody element) is the HTML <tbody> element: the body rows of a table.

## <td> (HTML td element)

<td> (HTML td element) is the HTML <td> element: a data cell.

## <template> (HTML template element)

<template> (HTML template element) is the HTML <template> element: inert markup you clone with script or a framework.

## <textarea> (HTML textarea element)

<textarea> (HTML textarea element) is the HTML <textarea> element: a multiline text control.

## <tfoot> (HTML tfoot element)

<tfoot> (HTML tfoot element) is the HTML <tfoot> element: the footer rows of a table.

## <th> (HTML th element)

<th> (HTML th element) is the HTML <th> element: a header cell for a row or column.

## <thead> (HTML thead element)

<thead> (HTML thead element) is the HTML <thead> element: the header rows of a table.

## <time> (HTML time element)

<time> (HTML time element) is the HTML <time> element: a machine-readable date or time.

## <title> (HTML title element)

<title> (HTML title element) is the HTML <title> element: the document title shown in the tab.

## <tr> (HTML tr element)

<tr> (HTML tr element) is the HTML <tr> element: a table row.

## <track> (HTML track element)

<track> (HTML track element) is the HTML <track> element: timed text for video or audio, such as captions.

## <u> (HTML u element)

<u> (HTML u element) is the HTML <u> element: a non-textual annotation, such as a misspelling underline.

## <ul> (HTML ul element)

<ul> (HTML ul element) is the HTML <ul> element: an unordered list.

## <var> (HTML var element)

<var> (HTML var element) is the HTML <var> element: a variable in a mathematical or programming expression.

## <video> (HTML video element)

<video> (HTML video element) is the HTML <video> element: an embedded video player.

## <wbr> (HTML wbr element)

<wbr> (HTML wbr element) is the HTML <wbr> element: a hint where the browser may break a long word.

## 0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0 is in servers, bind all IPv4 interfaces.

## 100 (HTTP 100 Continue)

100 (HTTP 100 Continue) is HTTP status 100 Continue: the server got the headers and the client may send the body.

## 101 (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols)

101 (HTTP 101 Switching Protocols) is HTTP status 101 Switching Protocols: the server is switching, for example to a WebSocket.

## 102 (HTTP 102 Processing)

102 (HTTP 102 Processing) is HTTP status 102 Processing: WebDAV: the server accepted the request and is still working.

## 103 (HTTP 103 Early Hints)

103 (HTTP 103 Early Hints) is HTTP status 103 Early Hints: the server is sending preload hints before the final response.

## 12-factor

12-factor is a set of rules for SaaS apps: one codebase, explicit deps, config in the environment, and more.

## 200 (HTTP 200 OK)

200 (HTTP 200 OK) is HTTP status 200 OK: the request succeeded and the body is the result.

## 201 (HTTP 201 Created)

201 (HTTP 201 Created) is HTTP status 201 Created: a new resource exists, usually after POST.

## 202 (HTTP 202 Accepted)

202 (HTTP 202 Accepted) is HTTP status 202 Accepted: the work is queued, not finished.

## 203 (HTTP 203 Non-Authoritative Information)

203 (HTTP 203 Non-Authoritative Information) is HTTP status 203 Non-Authoritative Information: the payload was transformed by a proxy.

## 204 (HTTP 204 No Content)

204 (HTTP 204 No Content) is HTTP status 204 No Content: success with an empty body, common after DELETE.

## 205 (HTTP 205 Reset Content)

205 (HTTP 205 Reset Content) is HTTP status 205 Reset Content: success; the client should reset the form.

## 206 (HTTP 206 Partial Content)

206 (HTTP 206 Partial Content) is HTTP status 206 Partial Content: a range request succeeded, used for media seeking.

## 207 (HTTP 207 Multi-Status)

207 (HTTP 207 Multi-Status) is HTTP status 207 Multi-Status: WebDAV: the body lists several status results.

## 208 (HTTP 208 Already Reported)

208 (HTTP 208 Already Reported) is HTTP status 208 Already Reported: WebDAV: members were already listed in a DAV binding.

## 226 (HTTP 226 IM Used)

226 (HTTP 226 IM Used) is HTTP status 226 IM Used: the response is a delta from an instance manipulation.

## 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication)

2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) is a second proof besides the password, such as a TOTP app or a key.

## 300 (HTTP 300 Multiple Choices)

300 (HTTP 300 Multiple Choices) is HTTP status 300 Multiple Choices: there are several representations the client could pick.

## 301 (HTTP 301 Moved Permanently)

301 (HTTP 301 Moved Permanently) is HTTP status 301 Moved Permanently: update your links; the resource lives at a new URL.

## 302 (HTTP 302 Found)

302 (HTTP 302 Found) is HTTP status 302 Found: a temporary redirect.

## 303 (HTTP 303 See Other)

303 (HTTP 303 See Other) is HTTP status 303 See Other: redirect the client to GET another URL, typical after a POST.

## 304 (HTTP 304 Not Modified)

304 (HTTP 304 Not Modified) is HTTP status 304 Not Modified: the cached copy is still good; no body is sent.

## 307 (HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect)

307 (HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect) is HTTP status 307 Temporary Redirect: redirect but keep the original method.

## 308 (HTTP 308 Permanent Redirect)

308 (HTTP 308 Permanent Redirect) is HTTP status 308 Permanent Redirect: permanent, and keep the original method.

## 400 (HTTP 400 Bad Request)

400 (HTTP 400 Bad Request) is HTTP status 400 Bad Request: the server cannot parse or accept the request as sent.

## 401 (HTTP 401 Unauthorized)

401 (HTTP 401 Unauthorized) is HTTP status 401 Unauthorized: you need to authenticate.

## 402 (HTTP 402 Payment Required)

402 (HTTP 402 Payment Required) is HTTP status 402 Payment Required: reserved for digital payments; few public APIs use it.

## 403 (HTTP 403 Forbidden)

403 (HTTP 403 Forbidden) is HTTP status 403 Forbidden: the server knows you and still refuses.

## 404 (HTTP 404 Not Found)

404 (HTTP 404 Not Found) is HTTP status 404 Not Found: no resource at this URL, or the server does not want to admit it exists.

## 405 (HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed)

405 (HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed) is HTTP status 405 Method Not Allowed: the URL exists but not for this verb.

## 406 (HTTP 406 Not Acceptable)

406 (HTTP 406 Not Acceptable) is HTTP status 406 Not Acceptable: the server cannot produce a type listed in Accept.

## 407 (HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required)

407 (HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required) is HTTP status 407 Proxy Authentication Required: authenticate to the proxy first.

## 408 (HTTP 408 Request Timeout)

408 (HTTP 408 Request Timeout) is HTTP status 408 Request Timeout: the server closed an idle incoming request.

## 409 (HTTP 409 Conflict)

409 (HTTP 409 Conflict) is HTTP status 409 Conflict: the current state does not allow this change, such as a duplicate apply.

## 410 (HTTP 410 Gone)

410 (HTTP 410 Gone) is HTTP status 410 Gone: the resource used to exist and will not come back.

## 411 (HTTP 411 Length Required)

411 (HTTP 411 Length Required) is HTTP status 411 Length Required: send a Content-Length.

## 412 (HTTP 412 Precondition Failed)

412 (HTTP 412 Precondition Failed) is HTTP status 412 Precondition Failed: an If-Match or similar header was not satisfied.

## 413 (HTTP 413 Content Too Large)

413 (HTTP 413 Content Too Large) is HTTP status 413 Content Too Large: the body is bigger than the server will accept.

## 414 (HTTP 414 URI Too Long)

414 (HTTP 414 URI Too Long) is HTTP status 414 URI Too Long: the URL itself is too big, often a GET that should have been POST.

## 415 (HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type)

415 (HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type) is HTTP status 415 Unsupported Media Type: the Content-Type is not one the server handles.

## 416 (HTTP 416 Range Not Satisfiable)

416 (HTTP 416 Range Not Satisfiable) is HTTP status 416 Range Not Satisfiable: the requested byte range is outside the resource.

## 417 (HTTP 417 Expectation Failed)

417 (HTTP 417 Expectation Failed) is HTTP status 417 Expectation Failed: the Expect header cannot be met.

## 418 (HTTP 418 I'm a teapot)

418 (HTTP 418 I'm a teapot) is HTTP status 418 I'm a teapot: an April Fools code people still use as an easter egg.

## 421 (HTTP 421 Misdirected Request)

421 (HTTP 421 Misdirected Request) is HTTP status 421 Misdirected Request: the request was sent to a server that cannot produce a response.

## 422 (HTTP 422 Unprocessable Content)

422 (HTTP 422 Unprocessable Content) is HTTP status 422 Unprocessable Content: JSON parsed but the values failed validation.

## 423 (HTTP 423 Locked)

423 (HTTP 423 Locked) is HTTP status 423 Locked: WebDAV: the resource is locked.

## 424 (HTTP 424 Failed Dependency)

424 (HTTP 424 Failed Dependency) is HTTP status 424 Failed Dependency: WebDAV: a previous request in the set failed.

## 425 (HTTP 425 Too Early)

425 (HTTP 425 Too Early) is HTTP status 425 Too Early: the server refuses to process a request that might be replayed.

## 426 (HTTP 426 Upgrade Required)

426 (HTTP 426 Upgrade Required) is HTTP status 426 Upgrade Required: the client should switch protocols.

## 428 (HTTP 428 Precondition Required)

428 (HTTP 428 Precondition Required) is HTTP status 428 Precondition Required: the server wants If-Match to avoid lost updates.

## 429 (HTTP 429 Too Many Requests)

429 (HTTP 429 Too Many Requests) is HTTP status 429 Too Many Requests: you hit a rate limit.

## 431 (HTTP 431 Request Header Fields Too Large)

431 (HTTP 431 Request Header Fields Too Large) is HTTP status 431 Request Header Fields Too Large: headers, cookies, or the URL blew a size cap.

## 451 (HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons)

451 (HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons) is HTTP status 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons: the resource is blocked by law.

## 500 (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error)

500 (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) is HTTP status 500 Internal Server Error: the server threw.

## 501 (HTTP 501 Not Implemented)

501 (HTTP 501 Not Implemented) is HTTP status 501 Not Implemented: the method or feature is not supported.

## 502 (HTTP 502 Bad Gateway)

502 (HTTP 502 Bad Gateway) is HTTP status 502 Bad Gateway: a proxy got an invalid response from upstream.

## 503 (HTTP 503 Service Unavailable)

503 (HTTP 503 Service Unavailable) is HTTP status 503 Service Unavailable: overloaded or down for maintenance.

## 504 (HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout)

504 (HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout) is HTTP status 504 Gateway Timeout: a proxy waited too long for upstream.

## 505 (HTTP 505 HTTP Version Not Supported)

505 (HTTP 505 HTTP Version Not Supported) is HTTP status 505 HTTP Version Not Supported: the server refuses that HTTP version.

## 506 (HTTP 506 Variant Also Negotiates)

506 (HTTP 506 Variant Also Negotiates) is HTTP status 506 Variant Also Negotiates: a misconfigured content negotiation loop.

## 507 (HTTP 507 Insufficient Storage)

507 (HTTP 507 Insufficient Storage) is HTTP status 507 Insufficient Storage: WebDAV: the server cannot store the representation.

## 508 (HTTP 508 Loop Detected)

508 (HTTP 508 Loop Detected) is HTTP status 508 Loop Detected: WebDAV: an infinite loop while processing.

## 510 (HTTP 510 Not Extended)

510 (HTTP 510 Not Extended) is HTTP status 510 Not Extended: the request needs an HTTP extension the server does not have.

## 511 (HTTP 511 Network Authentication Required)

511 (HTTP 511 Network Authentication Required) is HTTP status 511 Network Authentication Required: a captive portal wants you to log in to the network.

## A record

A record is a DNS record that points a name at an IPv4 address.

## a11y (Accessibility)

a11y (Accessibility) is the numeronym for accessibility: a, then 11 letters, then y.

## AAAA record

AAAA record is a DNS record that points a name at an IPv6 address.

## AbortController

AbortController is a way to cancel fetch and other async work with a signal.

## accent-color (CSS accent-color)

accent-color (CSS accent-color) is the CSS accent-color property: the accent used by native checkboxes and radios.

## Acceptance criteria

Acceptance criteria is the concrete checks that tell you a story works for the user.

## Accessibility (a11y)

Accessibility (a11y) is building so people who use keyboards, screen readers, or other aids can complete the same tasks.

## ACID (Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability)

ACID (Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability) is the four properties people expect from a serious relational transaction.

## ACM (AWS Certificate Manager)

ACM (AWS Certificate Manager) is Amazon's service for provisioning and attaching TLS certificates.

## Action

Action is a reusable unit you call from a step, such as actions/checkout.

## active record

active record is an ORM style where a row is an object with save().

## ADR (Architecture Decision Record)

ADR (Architecture Decision Record) is a short file that captures a decision, the context, and the consequences.

## AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data)

AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) is encryption that also detects tampering, such as AES-GCM.

## AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is the default symmetric cipher for data at rest and in TLS.

## agent

agent is a loop that lets a model use tools and look at results until it stops.

## aggregation

aggregation is computing counts, sums, and groups rather than returning raw rows.

## Agile

Agile is the family of iterative delivery ideas.

## AGPL

AGPL is GPL for network software: modified servers must offer source to users.

## AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is the old name for updating a page without a full reload.

## align-items (CSS align-items)

align-items (CSS align-items) is the CSS align-items property: alignment along the cross axis.

## align-self (CSS align-self)

align-self (CSS align-self) is the CSS align-self property: a single item overriding align-items.

## amend (git commit --amend)

amend (git commit --amend) is replacing the latest commit.

## Angular

Angular is a full TypeScript framework from Google with batteries included: routing, forms, HTTP, and dependency injection.

## animation (CSS animation)

animation (CSS animation) is the CSS animation property: the shorthand for keyframed motion.

## Ansible

Ansible is agentless automation that SSHes into machines and applies YAML playbooks.

## Anycast

Anycast is announcing the same IP from many places so users hit a nearby edge.

## Apache 2.0

Apache 2.0 is a permissive license with an explicit patent grant.

## API key

API key is a secret string that identifies a client to an API.

## Apollo

Apollo is a popular GraphQL client and server toolkit.

## Approve

Approve is a review state that says the change is good to merge under the branch rules.

## Argon2

Argon2 is the current preferred password hashing family, memory-hard against GPU cracking.

## ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)

ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is attributes that explain widgets to assistive tech when native HTML is not enough.

## ARN (Amazon Resource Name)

ARN (Amazon Resource Name) is the long name that uniquely identifies an AWS resource.

## ArrayBuffer

ArrayBuffer is a raw binary buffer in memory.

## Artifact

Artifact is a built file you store, such as a Docker image, a JAR, or a static zip.

## ASCII

ASCII is the 7-bit character set for English letters and control codes.

## ASP.NET

ASP.NET is Microsoft's web stack on .

## aspect-ratio (CSS aspect-ratio)

aspect-ratio (CSS aspect-ratio) is the CSS aspect-ratio property: the preferred width-to-height ratio of the box.

## Assembly (ASM)

Assembly (ASM) is the human-readable form of machine instructions for a CPU family, used when you must control every cycle or register.

## Assignee

Assignee is the person currently responsible for an Issue or PR.

## AST (Abstract Syntax Tree)

AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) is the tree a parser builds from source so linters and compilers can rewrite it.

## Astro

Astro is a site framework that ships zero JS by default and hydrates islands only where needed.

## asymmetric encryption

asymmetric encryption is a public key encrypts or verifies, a private key decrypts or signs.

## async/await

async/await is syntax that pauses a function until a Promise settles, so async code reads top to bottom.

## atomic

atomic is an operation that appears indivisible to other threads.

## attention

attention is the mechanism that lets a model decide which earlier tokens matter for the next one.

## audit log

audit log is an append-only record of who did what.

## Aurora

Aurora is Amazon's MySQL/Postgres-compatible database with a custom storage layer.

## Auto-merge

Auto-merge is a PR setting that merges as soon as required checks pass.

## Autoprefixer

Autoprefixer is a PostCSS plugin that adds vendor prefixes from Can I Use data.

## autoscaling

autoscaling is adding or removing instances from a metric such as CPU or request count.

## autosquash

autosquash is rebase -i --autosquash applying fixup and squash commits automatically.

## AWS (Amazon Web Services)

AWS (Amazon Web Services) is Amazon's cloud: compute, storage, databases, and a thousand named products.

## AZ (Availability Zone)

AZ (Availability Zone) is an isolated data-center group inside a region.

## Azure

Azure is Microsoft's cloud, the default in many enterprises already on 365.

## B-tree

B-tree is the balanced tree most relational indexes use.

## Babel

Babel is the classic JS compiler that transforms syntax and plugins through a pipeline.

## backdrop-filter (CSS backdrop-filter)

backdrop-filter (CSS backdrop-filter) is the CSS backdrop-filter property: filters applied to what is behind a box, used for frosted glass.

## background (CSS background)

background (CSS background) is the CSS background property: the shorthand for color, images, and layers behind the content.

## Background job

Background job is work you do after responding to the user, such as sending mail or generating a PDF.

## background-color (CSS background-color)

background-color (CSS background-color) is the CSS background-color property: the flat color behind the content.

## background-image (CSS background-image)

background-image (CSS background-image) is the CSS background-image property: one or more images or gradients layered behind the content.

## background-size (CSS background-size)

background-size (CSS background-size) is the CSS background-size property: how background images are scaled, such as cover or contain.

## Backlog

Backlog is the ordered list of work not yet started.

## backpressure

backpressure is slowing producers when consumers cannot keep up.

## backup

backup is a copy you can restore.

## bandwidth

bandwidth is how much data you can move per second.

## base64

base64 is an encoding that turns bytes into ASCII.

## Bash (Bourne Again Shell)

Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is the default command language on most Linux servers, used to glue programs together in scripts and CI.

## bcrypt

bcrypt is a widely used password hashing function.

## BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) is describing behavior in a shared language, often with Given/When/Then.

## Bearer token

Bearer token is an access token sent in the Authorization header as 'Bearer …', whoever holds it is treated as the user.

## BEM (Block Element Modifier)

BEM (Block Element Modifier) is a class naming method: block__element--modifier, meant to keep CSS predictable.

## BigInt

BigInt is integers of arbitrary size, written with an n suffix.

## Biome

Biome is a fast Rust linter and formatter aiming to replace ESLint plus Prettier for many repos.

## bisect (git bisect)

bisect (git bisect) is binary-searching history to find the commit that introduced a bug.

## bit

bit is a 0 or 1, the smallest unit of digital information.

## Bitbucket

Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git host, common in Jira-heavy companies.

## Blame (git blame)

Blame (git blame) is annotating each line with the last commit that touched it.

## blame view

blame view is the web UI for git blame.

## Blob

Blob is an immutable blob of bytes, used for files and downloads.

## Block storage

Block storage is a virtual disk you attach to a VM, such as EBS.

## blue team

blue team is the defenders who detect and respond.

## Blue-green deploy

Blue-green deploy is running two production environments and switching traffic when the new one is healthy.

## BOM (Browser Object Model)

BOM (Browser Object Model) is the browser objects around the page, such as window, navigator, and location.

## BOM (byte order mark)

BOM (byte order mark) is a Unicode signature at the start of a file that will break shebangs and JSON if you are not looking.

## border (CSS border)

border (CSS border) is the CSS border property: the line around the padding edge.

## border-radius (CSS border-radius)

border-radius (CSS border-radius) is the CSS border-radius property: how round the corners are.

## bot

bot is an automated client.

## bottom (CSS bottom)

bottom (CSS bottom) is the CSS bottom property: the inset from the bottom edge when the box is positioned.

## Bounded context

Bounded context is a clear border where a word such as Order has one meaning and one model.

## box-shadow (CSS box-shadow)

box-shadow (CSS box-shadow) is the CSS box-shadow property: one or more drop or inset shadows.

## box-sizing (CSS box-sizing)

box-sizing (CSS box-sizing) is the CSS box-sizing property: whether width includes padding and border.

## Branch

Branch is a movable name for a commit, so work can diverge and later merge.

## Branch protection

Branch protection is rules that block force-push or require reviews and green CI before merge.

## Breakpoint

Breakpoint is a width where the layout rules change, such as 768px or 1100px.

## Brownfield

Brownfield is work inside an existing production system.

## brute force

brute force is trying many guesses.

## Bug

Bug is behavior that does not match the intended contract.

## bug bounty

bug bounty is paying outsiders who report vulns under rules.

## bulkhead

bulkhead is isolating pools of resources so one noisy neighbor cannot take the whole process down.

## Bun

Bun is a fast JavaScript runtime and toolkit that aims to replace Node, npm, and bundlers for many apps.

## Bundle

Bundle is the packaged JS/CSS a bundler emits for the browser.

## Bundler

Bundler is a tool such as Vite, webpack, or esbuild that graphs modules and emits files the browser can load.

## byte

byte is eight bits, the addressable unit in almost every machine you will ship to.

## C

C is a low-level language that maps closely to machine memory and still sits under operating systems, databases, and embedded firmware.

## C# (CSharp)

C# (CSharp) is a Microsoft language on .

## C++ (CPP)

C++ (CPP) is C with abstractions for objects, templates, and zero-cost performance, used in games, browsers, and finance engines.

## CA (Certificate Authority)

CA (Certificate Authority) is an org browsers trust to sign certificates, or your internal signer for private hosts.

## Cache

Cache is a store of recent results so you do not recompute or refetch the same work.

## Cache API

Cache API is the service-worker store for Request/Response pairs.

## cache busting

cache busting is changing a URL or query so clients drop an old file.

## cache stampede

cache stampede is many clients missing a cache at once and slamming the origin.

## Cache-Control

Cache-Control is the header that says whether a response may be stored and for how long.

## call stack

call stack is the stack of functions currently running.

## Canary deploy

Canary deploy is sending a small slice of traffic to the new version before a full rollout.

## CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA is a challenge meant to tell humans from bots.

## caret-color (CSS caret-color)

caret-color (CSS caret-color) is the CSS caret-color property: the color of the text insertion caret.

## Cascade

Cascade is the rules that decide which CSS declaration wins when several apply.

## CCPA

CCPA is California's privacy law, the US cousin people mention next to GDPR.

## CD (Continuous Delivery)

CD (Continuous Delivery) is automatically taking a green build to a deployable (or deployed) state.

## CDN (Content Delivery Network)

CDN (Content Delivery Network) is edge caches around the world that serve static files closer to the user.

## CDN purge

CDN purge is telling the edge to drop a cached file so the next hit refetches origin.

## Certificate (TLS certificate)

Certificate (TLS certificate) is a signed document that binds a public key to a hostname so clients can trust HTTPS.

## Changelog

Changelog is a human list of user-facing changes between versions.

## changeset

changeset is a small file that describes a version bump, used by Changesets in monorepos.

## changeset bot

changeset bot is the GitHub bot that opens a Version Packages PR from changeset files.

## Checkout

Checkout is switching the working tree to a branch or commit.

## Cherry-pick

Cherry-pick is copying a single commit onto your current branch.

## chmod

chmod is changing file permissions.

## chown

chown is changing file ownership.

## CI (Continuous Integration)

CI (Continuous Integration) is automatically building and testing every change so main stays green.

## circuit breaker

circuit breaker is stopping calls to an unhealthy dependency so it can recover.

## CLA (Contributor License Agreement)

CLA (Contributor License Agreement) is a legal doc some projects require before they accept your PR.

## class

class is syntax over prototypes for constructing objects with methods.

## clean architecture

clean architecture is a layered style that keeps the domain independent of frameworks.

## clear (CSS clear)

clear (CSS clear) is the CSS clear property: how far a box must sit below floated siblings.

## clickjacking

clickjacking is tricking a user into clicking a hidden iframe.

## Client Component

Client Component is a React component that must run in the browser because it uses state, effects, or events.

## clip-path (CSS clip-path)

clip-path (CSS clip-path) is the CSS clip-path property: a shape that clips painting of the box.

## Clipboard API

Clipboard API is reading and writing the clipboard with permissions.

## Clojure

Clojure is a Lisp on the JVM that treats immutability as the default and is used for data-heavy backends.

## Clone

Clone is copying a remote repo onto your machine, including history.

## closure

closure is a function that remembers variables from the scope where it was created.

## Cloudflare

Cloudflare is DNS, CDN, WAF, Workers, and R2: the edge company many sites sit on.

## CloudFront

CloudFront is Amazon's CDN.

## CNAME

CNAME is a DNS record that aliases one name to another.

## code point

code point is a Unicode number for a character, such as U+1F4A1.

## Code review

Code review is humans reading a diff for correctness, security, and clarity before it merges.

## Code splitting

Code splitting is breaking a bundle into chunks loaded when a route or widget needs them.

## CODE_OF_CONDUCT

CODE_OF_CONDUCT is the rules for how humans treat each other in a project.

## CODEOWNERS

CODEOWNERS is a file that maps paths to required reviewers.

## Codeowners review

Codeowners review is an automatic review request from the CODEOWNERS file.

## CodeQL

CodeQL is GitHub's semantic code analysis that looks for vulnerability patterns.

## Codespaces

Codespaces is cloud VS Code / Cursor-compatible environments defined by a repo.

## cold start

cold start is the delay when a serverless function or free-tier host wakes from idle.

## color (CSS color)

color (CSS color) is the CSS color property: the foreground text color.

## column-gap (CSS column-gap)

column-gap (CSS column-gap) is the CSS column-gap property: the gutter between those columns.

## columns (CSS columns)

columns (CSS columns) is the CSS columns property: newspaper-style multi-column flow.

## Commit

Commit is a snapshot with a message, author, and parent pointer.

## Commit hash (SHA)

Commit hash (SHA) is the 40-character (or short) id of a commit, computed from its contents.

## commit-msg

commit-msg is a hook that can reject a commit message that does not match the team's style.

## CommonJS (CJS)

CommonJS (CJS) is Node's older module format with require and module.

## compare view

compare view is the /compare URL that shows a diff between refs.

## compare-and-swap (CAS)

compare-and-swap (CAS) is the CPU primitive many lock-free structures use.

## compiler

compiler is a program that translates source to another form, such as tsc or rustc.

## Compose (Docker Compose)

Compose (Docker Compose) is a YAML file that runs several containers together on one machine.

## composition over inheritance

composition over inheritance is build behavior by combining small pieces instead of deep class trees.

## compromised maintainer

compromised maintainer is when a popular package owner's account is taken and a new version is evil.

## Connection pool

Connection pool is a set of reusable database connections so each request does not open a new TCP session.

## constant-time compare

constant-time compare is comparing secrets without leaking length or match progress through timing.

## contain (CSS contain)

contain (CSS contain) is the CSS contain property: a performance hint that limits how layout and paint leak out of the box.

## Container

Container is a packaged process with its filesystem and deps, isolated but sharing the host kernel.

## content-visibility (CSS content-visibility)

content-visibility (CSS content-visibility) is the CSS content-visibility property: skipping rendering of off-screen subtrees.

## Context (React Context)

Context (React Context) is React's built-in way to pass values down without props, easy to overuse.

## context window

context window is how many tokens the model can see at once.

## CONTRIBUTING

CONTRIBUTING is the file that tells outsiders how to open issues and PRs.

## Controlled input

Controlled input is an input whose value lives in React state, not only in the DOM.

## controller

controller is the HTTP adapter that parses a request and calls a service.

## Conventional Commits

Conventional Commits is a commit message style such as feat: or fix: that tools can turn into changelogs.

## Cookie

Cookie is a small piece of data a server asks the browser to store and send back on later requests to the same site.

## cookie consent

cookie consent is the banner required when you store non-essential cookies in some jurisdictions.

## Copilot (GitHub Copilot)

Copilot (GitHub Copilot) is GitHub's AI pair programmer that suggests code from comments and surrounding files.

## copyleft

copyleft is licenses that require derivatives to stay open under the same license.

## coroutine

coroutine is a cooperative lightweight thread, the model async/await uses.

## CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)

CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is the browser rule that lets a page on one origin call an API on another only when the API opts in with headers.

## cosign

cosign is a tool for signing and verifying container images.

## Coverage (code coverage)

Coverage (code coverage) is the percent of lines or branches tests executed.

## CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation)

CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) is splitting write models from read models so each can scale and shape data differently.

## Create a merge commit

Create a merge commit is the GitHub merge style that keeps all PR commits plus a merge commit.

## credential stuffing

credential stuffing is trying leaked username/password pairs from other breaches.

## Critical CSS

Critical CSS is the minimum CSS needed for the first screen so the rest can load later.

## CRLF

CRLF is Windows line endings.

## Cron

Cron is a time-based scheduler on Unix; in the cloud it is usually a managed scheduled job.

## CRUD (Create Read Update Delete)

CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) is the four basic storage operations every admin screen ends up growing.

## CSP (Content Security Policy)

CSP (Content Security Policy) is a header that tells the browser which scripts, styles, and frames a page may load.

## CSR (Client-Side Rendering)

CSR (Client-Side Rendering) is shipping a shell and letting JavaScript build the page in the browser.

## CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) is an attack where a victim's browser is tricked into sending a state-changing request to a site they are already logged into.

## CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the stylesheet language that controls layout, color, type, and motion of HTML without changing document meaning.

## CSS modules

CSS modules is CSS files whose class names are hashed so they cannot collide across components.

## CSS-in-JS

CSS-in-JS is writing styles in JavaScript files, for example styled-components or Emotion.

## CSV (Comma-Separated Values)

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a plain table dumped as text rows, the lowest common denominator for exporting spreadsheets.

## cURL

cURL is the command-line HTTP client every docs page should include.

## cursor (CSS cursor)

cursor (CSS cursor) is the CSS cursor property: the pointer shape.

## Cursor

Cursor is an AI-first editor based on VS Code, used heavily at this studio.

## cursor pagination

cursor pagination is paging with a pointer to the last item, more stable than offset on changing lists.

## Custom element

Custom element is an HTML tag you define in JS, such as <brand-mark>.

## Custom property (CSS variable)

Custom property (CSS variable) is a --token you set on a selector and reuse with var(), the base of a design system.

## CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is a public id for a known vulnerability, such as CVE-2024-1234.

## CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) is the 0–10 score people use to argue about severity.

## CVSS score

CVSS score is the numeric severity.

## CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)

CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) is a catalog of weakness types, such as CWE-79 for XSS.

## daemon

daemon is a long-running background process, often named with a trailing d.

## DAO (Data Access Object)

DAO (Data Access Object) is an object that hides CRUD for a storage backend.

## DAP (Debug Adapter Protocol)

DAP (Debug Adapter Protocol) is the sibling of LSP for debuggers.

## Dart

Dart is the language behind Flutter, used to build one UI that compiles to mobile, web, and desktop.

## DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)

DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) is attacking a running app to find issues you cannot see in source.

## data mapper

data mapper is an ORM style where a separate layer maps objects to tables, as Prisma and Hibernate do.

## data retention

data retention is how long you keep a class of data.

## data URL

data URL is a URL that embeds the file inline as base64 or text.

## DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin)

DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) is a Signed-off-by line that says you have the right to submit the change.

## DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is many machines flooding a target so real users cannot get through.

## Deadlock

Deadlock is two transactions each waiting on the other's lock, so the database aborts one.

## deadlock (thread deadlock)

deadlock (thread deadlock) is two threads each holding what the other needs.

## debounce

debounce is waiting until events pause before running a function, used on search boxes.

## declarative shadow DOM

declarative shadow DOM is server-rendered shadow trees so components paint before JS.

## deep copy

deep copy is copying an object through every nested layer.

## Default branch

Default branch is the branch GitHub treats as main, used for PRs and the repo home.

## Defense in depth

Defense in depth is stacking independent controls so one failure does not open the whole system.

## Definition of done

Definition of done is the checklist that says a task is actually finished: tests, review, docs, deploy.

## DELETE

DELETE is the method that removes a resource.

## Deno

Deno is a secure-by-default JavaScript and TypeScript runtime with built-in tooling, created by Node's original author.

## Denormalization

Denormalization is copying data into a table on purpose so reads stay fast.

## Dependabot

Dependabot is GitHub's bot that opens PRs when dependencies have updates or known CVEs.

## dependency inversion

dependency inversion is depend on abstractions, not on concrete low-level modules.

## Deploy key

Deploy key is an SSH key limited to one repo, used by servers that only need that clone.

## Design doc

Design doc is a written proposal so review happens before the expensive implementation.

## design pattern

design pattern is a named solution to a recurring design problem.

## Design token

Design token is a named value for color, space, or type that products share across web and native.

## destructuring

destructuring is unpacking arrays or objects into variables in one statement.

## Detached HEAD

Detached HEAD is when you check out a raw commit instead of a branch, so new commits have no branch name.

## devDependency

devDependency is a package needed to build or test, not to run in production.

## Diff

Diff is the line-by-line change between two trees, commits, or the working copy.

## DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a developer cloud known for droplets, spaces, and simple pricing.

## direction (CSS direction)

direction (CSS direction) is the CSS direction property: ltr or rtl.

## disaster recovery (DR)

disaster recovery (DR) is the plan and the tested backups for losing a whole region.

## Discussion

Discussion is GitHub's forum-style threads, lighter than Issues for Q&A.

## display (CSS display)

display (CSS display) is the CSS display property: how a box participates in layout: block, flex, grid, none, and more.

## Django

Django is a batteries-included Python web framework with an ORM, admin, and auth.

## DNS (Domain Name System)

DNS (Domain Name System) is the tree that turns names such as digital26.

## Docker

Docker is the common tool for building and running containers from a Dockerfile.

## Dockerfile

Dockerfile is the recipe of FROM, RUN, COPY, and CMD that builds an image.

## DOM (Document Object Model)

DOM (Document Object Model) is the in-memory tree of a page that JavaScript reads and mutates.

## Domain-driven design (DDD)

Domain-driven design (DDD) is modeling software around the language of the business, with bounded contexts.

## dotenv

dotenv is a library that loads .

## Draft PR

Draft PR is a pull request marked not ready, so reviewers know it is still in progress.

## DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)

DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) is avoid duplicating knowledge.

## DTO (Data Transfer Object)

DTO (Data Transfer Object) is a shape you send across a boundary, not necessarily your database model.

## duplicate

duplicate is an issue that already exists.

## dynamic import

dynamic import is import() that returns a Promise, the basis of route-level code splitting.

## DynamoDB

DynamoDB is Amazon's managed key-value and document database.

## E2E test (end-to-end)

E2E test (end-to-end) is a test that drives the product like a user, often in a real browser.

## Eager load

Eager load is fetching a resource immediately because you know it will be needed.

## EBNF (Extended Backus–Naur Form)

EBNF (Extended Backus–Naur Form) is a notation for describing the grammar of programming languages and parsers.

## EBS (Elastic Block Store)

EBS (Elastic Block Store) is Amazon's network disks for EC2.

## EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is Amazon's virtual machines.

## ECDSA

ECDSA is elliptic-curve signatures, smaller keys than RSA for the same strength.

## ECS (Elastic Container Service)

ECS (Elastic Container Service) is Amazon's container orchestrator, simpler than EKS for many teams.

## Ed25519

Ed25519 is a modern signature curve used for SSH keys and many new systems.

## edge function

edge function is a small function that runs at a CDN POP instead of a single region.

## Edge location

Edge location is a CDN or DNS point of presence closer to users than a full region.

## EditorConfig

EditorConfig is a tiny file that aligns indent and line endings across editors.

## EFS (Elastic File System)

EFS (Elastic File System) is Amazon's managed NFS for many instances at once.

## EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)

EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) is Amazon's managed Kubernetes.

## Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is a search engine for full-text and analytics, often the backend of logs and product search.

## Electron

Electron is Chromium plus Node packaged as a desktop app, used by VS Code, Slack, and many IDEs.

## Elixir

Elixir is a functional language on the Erlang VM used for highly concurrent, fault-tolerant systems such as Phoenix apps.

## embedding

embedding is a vector that represents meaning so you can search by similarity.

## encryption

encryption is turning data into ciphertext you can decrypt with a key.

## endianness

endianness is the byte order of multi-byte numbers: little-endian is what x86 and most ARM use.

## Endpoint

Endpoint is a specific URL plus method that a client can call, such as POST /api/auth/google.

## env var (environment variable)

env var (environment variable) is a key/value the process inherits.

## envelope encryption

envelope encryption is encrypting data with a data key, then encrypting that key with KMS.

## Environment (GitHub Environment)

Environment (GitHub Environment) is a named deploy target with its own secrets and optional reviewers.

## Epic

Epic is a large theme split into many stories.

## Erlang

Erlang is the language behind WhatsApp-scale concurrency, with isolated processes and 'let it crash' supervision.

## Error boundary

Error boundary is a React component that catches render errors below it so the whole app does not white-screen.

## Error budget

Error budget is the amount of unreliability you allow so you can still ship features.

## esbuild

esbuild is an extremely fast bundler and minifier written in Go.

## ESLint

ESLint is the common JS linter, configurable until it hurts.

## ESM (ECMAScript Modules)

ESM (ECMAScript Modules) is the official name for import/export modules.

## ETag (Entity Tag)

ETag (Entity Tag) is a fingerprint of a response body used for conditional GET and 304 Not Modified.

## eval (model eval)

eval (model eval) is a fixed set of tasks you score so prompt or model changes do not silently regress.

## event emitter

event emitter is an object with on and emit, Node's EventEmitter being the classic.

## event loop

event loop is the loop that takes callbacks from queues so JavaScript can be single-threaded and still wait on I/O.

## Event sourcing

Event sourcing is storing every change as an event and rebuilding state by replay.

## EXPLAIN

EXPLAIN is the command that shows a query plan so you can see sequential scans and bad joins.

## exponential backoff

exponential backoff is waiting longer after each retry, often with jitter so clients do not sync.

## Express

Express is the minimal Node HTTP framework most Node APIs still start from.

## extension (editor extension)

extension (editor extension) is a plugin that adds language support, themes, or tools to an editor.

## factory

factory is a function or object that creates other objects so callers do not new the concrete class.

## falsy

falsy is a value that becomes false: false, 0, -0, 0n, '', null, undefined, NaN.

## Fast-forward

Fast-forward is a merge that just moves the branch pointer because there was no divergence.

## FastAPI

FastAPI is a Python API framework with type hints, OpenAPI docs, and async support.

## Fastify

Fastify is a high-performance Node framework with a schema-first plugin model.

## fault tolerance

fault tolerance is continuing to serve when parts fail, through replicas and fallbacks.

## Favicon

Favicon is the small icon in the browser tab, usually a 32px or SVG mark.

## Feature branch

Feature branch is a short-lived branch for one change, opened from main and merged back through a PR.

## Feature flag

Feature flag is a runtime switch that hides unfinished work so you can merge to main safely.

## fetch

fetch is the browser (and Node) API for HTTP that returns Promises and Response objects.

## File

File is a Blob with a name and lastModified, from an input or drop.

## FileReader

FileReader is an older API to read files as text or data URLs.

## filter (CSS filter)

filter (CSS filter) is the CSS filter property: graphical effects such as blur and brightness.

## filtering

filtering is narrowing a list by query params or a body.

## Fine-grained token

Fine-grained token is a newer PAT that is limited to selected repos and permissions.

## fine-tune

fine-tune is further training a model on your examples.

## fingerprinting

fingerprinting is putting a content hash in the filename, such as app.

## firewall

firewall is rules that allow or drop packets.

## Fixture

Fixture is known test data you load so assertions are stable.

## fixup

fixup is a commit meant to be squashed into an earlier one during rebase.

## Flaky test

Flaky test is a test that fails without a real product bug, usually timing or shared state.

## Flask

Flask is a tiny Python web framework you grow with extensions.

## flex (CSS flex)

flex (CSS flex) is the CSS flex property: the shorthand for grow, shrink, and basis on a flex item.

## flex-direction (CSS flex-direction)

flex-direction (CSS flex-direction) is the CSS flex-direction property: the main axis: row or column, optionally reversed.

## flex-wrap (CSS flex-wrap)

flex-wrap (CSS flex-wrap) is the CSS flex-wrap property: whether flex items wrap to a new line.

## Flexbox (Flexible Box)

Flexbox (Flexible Box) is a one-dimensional CSS layout for rows or columns, alignment, and wrapping.

## float (CSS float)

float (CSS float) is the CSS float property: an older way to wrap text around a box.

## Flutter

Flutter is Google's UI toolkit that paints its own pixels from Dart, used for mobile and more.

## Fly.io

Fly.io is a platform that runs containers close to users on anycast.

## font (CSS font)

font (CSS font) is the CSS font property: the shorthand for style, weight, size, line-height, and family.

## font-family (CSS font-family)

font-family (CSS font-family) is the CSS font-family property: the list of typefaces the browser should try.

## font-size (CSS font-size)

font-size (CSS font-size) is the CSS font-size property: the size of the text.

## font-style (CSS font-style)

font-style (CSS font-style) is the CSS font-style property: normal, italic, or oblique.

## font-weight (CSS font-weight)

font-weight (CSS font-weight) is the CSS font-weight property: the thickness of the text, 100 to 900 or keywords.

## Force push

Force push is overwriting the remote branch tip.

## Force with lease

Force with lease is a safer force-push that fails if someone else updated the remote since you last fetched.

## Foreign key

Foreign key is a column that points at a primary key in another table, enforcing a relation.

## forensics

forensics is collecting evidence after an incident without trampling the trail.

## Fork

Fork is your server-side copy of someone else's repo so you can push branches and open a pull request back.

## fork network

fork network is the graph of forks GitHub shows under Insights.

## Formatter

Formatter is a tool that rewrites style automatically, such as Prettier or Black.

## FormData

FormData is a set of key/value fields you can send as multipart, including files.

## Forward proxy

Forward proxy is a proxy clients choose so their requests leave through another host.

## FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an old file protocol that should not face the modern internet without TLS, and usually not even then.

## gap (CSS gap)

gap (CSS gap) is the CSS gap property: gutters between flex or grid items.

## GC (Garbage Collector)

GC (Garbage Collector) is the runtime system that frees memory you no longer reference.

## GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

GCP (Google Cloud Platform) is Google's cloud, strong in data, Kubernetes, and AI.

## GDPR

GDPR is the EU privacy law that forces lawful basis, access, and deletion rights.

## generator

generator is a function* that can pause with yield and produce a sequence.

## Geolocation API

Geolocation API is asking the user for a location.

## GET

GET is the method that fetches a resource and must not cause side effects you cannot repeat.

## gh (GitHub CLI)

gh (GitHub CLI) is the official command-line for PRs, Issues, and Actions.

## GIN (Generalized Inverted Index)

GIN (Generalized Inverted Index) is a Postgres index type used for arrays, JSONB, and full text.

## Gist

Gist is a lightweight snippet repo for sharing a file or two.

## GiST (Generalized Search Tree)

GiST (Generalized Search Tree) is a Postgres index family used for geometry and ranges.

## Git

Git is the distributed version-control system that records snapshots of a project so many people can branch, merge, and audit history.

## git add

git add is the command that copies working-tree changes into the index.

## git clean

git clean is removing untracked files.

## git commit

git commit is the command that writes a new snapshot from the index.

## git diff --staged

git diff --staged is seeing what will go into the next commit.

## git fetch

git fetch is downloading remote commits without changing your working tree.

## Git Flow

Git Flow is a heavier branching model with develop, release, and hotfix branches.

## git init

git init is creating a new repository in the current folder.

## git log

git log is reading history.

## git merge

git merge is combining another branch into yours, often creating a merge commit.

## git mv

git mv is renaming a tracked file so Git records it as a rename when it can.

## git pull

git pull is fetch plus integrate: you download remote commits and merge or rebase them into your branch.

## git push

git push is sending local commits to a remote branch.

## git rebase

git rebase is replaying your commits on top of another tip so history looks linear.

## git rebase -i (interactive rebase)

git rebase -i (interactive rebase) is rewriting a range of commits: squash, reword, reorder, or drop before you push.

## git rm

git rm is removing a tracked file and staging the deletion.

## git show

git show is printing one commit and its diff.

## git status

git status is showing the branch, staged changes, and dirty files.

## GitHub

GitHub is the hosting product for Git repos with pull requests, Issues, Actions, and a social graph of developers.

## GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is GitHub's CI/CD: YAML workflows that run on events such as push or pull_request.

## GitHub App

GitHub App is an integration that acts as itself, with webhooks and finer permissions than a classic OAuth app.

## GitHub Flow

GitHub Flow is a simple branching model: branch, PR, review, merge to main, deploy.

## GitHub Gists secret

GitHub Gists secret is a gist that is unlisted, not private.

## GitHub Packages

GitHub Packages is GitHub's npm, container, and other package registry.

## GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages is static hosting from a repo branch or Action, used for docs and simple sites.

## GitHub wiki

GitHub wiki is a side Git repo of docs attached to a project.

## GitLab

GitLab is a Git host that also bundles CI, registries, and a full DevOps suite, often self-hosted.

## Go (Golang)

Go (Golang) is a language from Google designed for simple concurrency, fast compile times, and straightforward backend services.

## good first issue

good first issue is a label meant for newcomers.

## GPL (GNU General Public License)

GPL (GNU General Public License) is a copyleft license that requires sharing source of derivatives under the same terms.

## GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer)

GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is OpenAI's family of decoder transformers, and a casual name people use for any chat model.

## graceful degradation

graceful degradation is keeping core flows alive when a non-critical piece fails.

## Grafana

Grafana is the dashboard layer people put on Prometheus and other datasources.

## grapheme

grapheme is what a user thinks of as one character, which may be several code points.

## GraphQL

GraphQL is a query language where the client asks for the exact JSON shape, sitting on one endpoint instead of many REST routes.

## GraphQL playground

GraphQL playground is an in-browser explorer for a GraphQL schema.

## GraphQL SDL (Schema Definition Language)

GraphQL SDL (Schema Definition Language) is the typed schema text that describes GraphQL types, queries, and mutations.

## Greenfield

Greenfield is a new codebase with no production users yet.

## Grid (CSS Grid)

Grid (CSS Grid) is a two-dimensional CSS layout for rows and columns together.

## grid-column (CSS grid-column)

grid-column (CSS grid-column) is the CSS grid-column property: which column lines an item spans.

## grid-row (CSS grid-row)

grid-row (CSS grid-row) is the CSS grid-row property: which row lines an item spans.

## grid-template-areas (CSS grid-template-areas)

grid-template-areas (CSS grid-template-areas) is the CSS grid-template-areas property: named areas you can place items into.

## grid-template-columns (CSS grid-template-columns)

grid-template-columns (CSS grid-template-columns) is the CSS grid-template-columns property: the track list for columns.

## grid-template-rows (CSS grid-template-rows)

grid-template-rows (CSS grid-template-rows) is the CSS grid-template-rows property: the track list for rows.

## Groovy

Groovy is a JVM scripting language used heavily in Jenkins pipelines.

## gRPC

gRPC is Google's RPC stack on HTTP/2 with Protocol Buffers, common for service-to-service calls.

## guard

guard is a check that decides whether a request may continue, used for auth.

## guardrail

guardrail is filters and policies around a model so it does not dump secrets or unsafe content.

## hallucination

hallucination is a confident false answer.

## Hard reset

Hard reset is moving HEAD and forcing the index and working tree to match, discarding uncommitted work.

## hard wrap

hard wrap is inserting real newlines at a column, common in some commit and email cultures.

## hash

hash is a one-way fingerprint of bytes.

## Haskell

Haskell is a purely functional language used when you want strong types and fewer runtime surprises, often in compilers and finance.

## HATEOAS

HATEOAS is the REST constraint where responses include links to the next actions.

## HEAD

HEAD is like GET but only returns headers, used to check existence or caching without the body.

## HEAD

HEAD is the pointer to the commit you have checked out right now.

## head-of-line blocking

head-of-line blocking is when one lost packet stalls every later message on the same connection.

## Header (HTTP header)

Header (HTTP header) is a name/value pair sent with a request or response, such as Content-Type or Authorization.

## heap

heap is the memory region for dynamically allocated objects.

## height (CSS height)

height (CSS height) is the CSS height property: the vertical size of the box.

## Helm

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes charts.

## help wanted

help wanted is a label that says the maintainers would take an outside PR.

## Heroku

Heroku is the original friendly PaaS.

## hexagonal architecture (ports and adapters)

hexagonal architecture (ports and adapters) is the domain in the middle, with adapters for HTTP, DB, and queues at the edge.

## high availability (HA)

high availability (HA) is designing so planned and unplanned downtime stay inside the SLO.

## HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code)

HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) is a keyed hash that proves a webhook or cookie was not forged.

## Hoc (Higher-Order Component)

Hoc (Higher-Order Component) is a function that takes a component and returns a wrapped one.

## hoisting

hoisting is the way var and function declarations are treated as if they exist for the whole scope.

## Hook (React Hook)

Hook (React Hook) is a function such as useState that lets function components hold state and effects.

## hooks (Git hooks)

hooks (Git hooks) is scripts that run on commit, push, and other events, stored in .

## horizontal scaling

horizontal scaling is adding more machines.

## Hot Module Replacement (HMR)

Hot Module Replacement (HMR) is updating a module in a running dev server without a full reload.

## HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)

HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) is a header that forces browsers to use HTTPS for a host after the first visit.

## HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the markup language that describes the structure of a web page as a tree of elements, not a programming language.

## HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the application protocol browsers and APIs use to request and send documents and JSON over TCP, usually via TLS today.

## HTTP 100 (Continue)

HTTP 100 (Continue) is the Continue status (100): the server got the headers and the client may send the body.

## HTTP 101 (Switching Protocols)

HTTP 101 (Switching Protocols) is the Switching Protocols status (101): the server is switching, for example to a WebSocket.

## HTTP 102 (Processing)

HTTP 102 (Processing) is the Processing status (102): WebDAV: the server accepted the request and is still working.

## HTTP 103 (Early Hints)

HTTP 103 (Early Hints) is the Early Hints status (103): the server is sending preload hints before the final response.

## HTTP 200 (OK)

HTTP 200 (OK) is the OK status (200): the request succeeded and the body is the result.

## HTTP 201 (Created)

HTTP 201 (Created) is the Created status (201): a new resource exists, usually after POST.

## HTTP 202 (Accepted)

HTTP 202 (Accepted) is the Accepted status (202): the work is queued, not finished.

## HTTP 203 (Non-Authoritative Information)

HTTP 203 (Non-Authoritative Information) is the Non-Authoritative Information status (203): the payload was transformed by a proxy.

## HTTP 204 (No Content)

HTTP 204 (No Content) is the No Content status (204): success with an empty body, common after DELETE.

## HTTP 205 (Reset Content)

HTTP 205 (Reset Content) is the Reset Content status (205): success; the client should reset the form.

## HTTP 206 (Partial Content)

HTTP 206 (Partial Content) is the Partial Content status (206): a range request succeeded, used for media seeking.

## HTTP 207 (Multi-Status)

HTTP 207 (Multi-Status) is the Multi-Status status (207): WebDAV: the body lists several status results.

## HTTP 208 (Already Reported)

HTTP 208 (Already Reported) is the Already Reported status (208): WebDAV: members were already listed in a DAV binding.

## HTTP 226 (IM Used)

HTTP 226 (IM Used) is the IM Used status (226): the response is a delta from an instance manipulation.

## HTTP 300 (Multiple Choices)

HTTP 300 (Multiple Choices) is the Multiple Choices status (300): there are several representations the client could pick.

## HTTP 301 (Moved Permanently)

HTTP 301 (Moved Permanently) is the Moved Permanently status (301): update your links; the resource lives at a new URL.

## HTTP 302 (Found)

HTTP 302 (Found) is the Found status (302): a temporary redirect.

## HTTP 303 (See Other)

HTTP 303 (See Other) is the See Other status (303): redirect the client to GET another URL, typical after a POST.

## HTTP 304 (Not Modified)

HTTP 304 (Not Modified) is the Not Modified status (304): the cached copy is still good; no body is sent.

## HTTP 307 (Temporary Redirect)

HTTP 307 (Temporary Redirect) is the Temporary Redirect status (307): redirect but keep the original method.

## HTTP 308 (Permanent Redirect)

HTTP 308 (Permanent Redirect) is the Permanent Redirect status (308): permanent, and keep the original method.

## HTTP 400 (Bad Request)

HTTP 400 (Bad Request) is the Bad Request status (400): the server cannot parse or accept the request as sent.

## HTTP 401 (Unauthorized)

HTTP 401 (Unauthorized) is the Unauthorized status (401): you need to authenticate.

## HTTP 402 (Payment Required)

HTTP 402 (Payment Required) is the Payment Required status (402): reserved for digital payments; few public APIs use it.

## HTTP 403 (Forbidden)

HTTP 403 (Forbidden) is the Forbidden status (403): the server knows you and still refuses.

## HTTP 404 (Not Found)

HTTP 404 (Not Found) is the Not Found status (404): no resource at this URL, or the server does not want to admit it exists.

## HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed)

HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) is the Method Not Allowed status (405): the URL exists but not for this verb.

## HTTP 406 (Not Acceptable)

HTTP 406 (Not Acceptable) is the Not Acceptable status (406): the server cannot produce a type listed in Accept.

## HTTP 407 (Proxy Authentication Required)

HTTP 407 (Proxy Authentication Required) is the Proxy Authentication Required status (407): authenticate to the proxy first.

## HTTP 408 (Request Timeout)

HTTP 408 (Request Timeout) is the Request Timeout status (408): the server closed an idle incoming request.

## HTTP 409 (Conflict)

HTTP 409 (Conflict) is the Conflict status (409): the current state does not allow this change, such as a duplicate apply.

## HTTP 410 (Gone)

HTTP 410 (Gone) is the Gone status (410): the resource used to exist and will not come back.

## HTTP 411 (Length Required)

HTTP 411 (Length Required) is the Length Required status (411): send a Content-Length.

## HTTP 412 (Precondition Failed)

HTTP 412 (Precondition Failed) is the Precondition Failed status (412): an If-Match or similar header was not satisfied.

## HTTP 413 (Content Too Large)

HTTP 413 (Content Too Large) is the Content Too Large status (413): the body is bigger than the server will accept.

## HTTP 414 (URI Too Long)

HTTP 414 (URI Too Long) is the URI Too Long status (414): the URL itself is too big, often a GET that should have been POST.

## HTTP 415 (Unsupported Media Type)

HTTP 415 (Unsupported Media Type) is the Unsupported Media Type status (415): the Content-Type is not one the server handles.

## HTTP 416 (Range Not Satisfiable)

HTTP 416 (Range Not Satisfiable) is the Range Not Satisfiable status (416): the requested byte range is outside the resource.

## HTTP 417 (Expectation Failed)

HTTP 417 (Expectation Failed) is the Expectation Failed status (417): the Expect header cannot be met.

## HTTP 418 (I'm a teapot)

HTTP 418 (I'm a teapot) is the I'm a teapot status (418): an April Fools code people still use as an easter egg.

## HTTP 421 (Misdirected Request)

HTTP 421 (Misdirected Request) is the Misdirected Request status (421): the request was sent to a server that cannot produce a response.

## HTTP 422 (Unprocessable Content)

HTTP 422 (Unprocessable Content) is the Unprocessable Content status (422): JSON parsed but the values failed validation.

## HTTP 423 (Locked)

HTTP 423 (Locked) is the Locked status (423): WebDAV: the resource is locked.

## HTTP 424 (Failed Dependency)

HTTP 424 (Failed Dependency) is the Failed Dependency status (424): WebDAV: a previous request in the set failed.

## HTTP 425 (Too Early)

HTTP 425 (Too Early) is the Too Early status (425): the server refuses to process a request that might be replayed.

## HTTP 426 (Upgrade Required)

HTTP 426 (Upgrade Required) is the Upgrade Required status (426): the client should switch protocols.

## HTTP 428 (Precondition Required)

HTTP 428 (Precondition Required) is the Precondition Required status (428): the server wants If-Match to avoid lost updates.

## HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests)

HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests) is the Too Many Requests status (429): you hit a rate limit.

## HTTP 431 (Request Header Fields Too Large)

HTTP 431 (Request Header Fields Too Large) is the Request Header Fields Too Large status (431): headers, cookies, or the URL blew a size cap.

## HTTP 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons)

HTTP 451 (Unavailable For Legal Reasons) is the Unavailable For Legal Reasons status (451): the resource is blocked by law.

## HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error)

HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) is the Internal Server Error status (500): the server threw.

## HTTP 501 (Not Implemented)

HTTP 501 (Not Implemented) is the Not Implemented status (501): the method or feature is not supported.

## HTTP 502 (Bad Gateway)

HTTP 502 (Bad Gateway) is the Bad Gateway status (502): a proxy got an invalid response from upstream.

## HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable)

HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable) is the Service Unavailable status (503): overloaded or down for maintenance.

## HTTP 504 (Gateway Timeout)

HTTP 504 (Gateway Timeout) is the Gateway Timeout status (504): a proxy waited too long for upstream.

## HTTP 505 (HTTP Version Not Supported)

HTTP 505 (HTTP Version Not Supported) is the HTTP Version Not Supported status (505): the server refuses that HTTP version.

## HTTP 506 (Variant Also Negotiates)

HTTP 506 (Variant Also Negotiates) is the Variant Also Negotiates status (506): a misconfigured content negotiation loop.

## HTTP 507 (Insufficient Storage)

HTTP 507 (Insufficient Storage) is the Insufficient Storage status (507): WebDAV: the server cannot store the representation.

## HTTP 508 (Loop Detected)

HTTP 508 (Loop Detected) is the Loop Detected status (508): WebDAV: an infinite loop while processing.

## HTTP 510 (Not Extended)

HTTP 510 (Not Extended) is the Not Extended status (510): the request needs an HTTP extension the server does not have.

## HTTP 511 (Network Authentication Required)

HTTP 511 (Network Authentication Required) is the Network Authentication Required status (511): a captive portal wants you to log in to the network.

## HTTP/2

HTTP/2 is a binary multiplexed revision of HTTP that sends many streams on one connection, reducing handshake waste.

## HTTP/3

HTTP/3 is HTTP running on QUIC and UDP so lost packets hurt one stream instead of stalling the whole connection.

## HttpOnly

HttpOnly is a cookie flag that hides the cookie from JavaScript so XSS cannot steal it as easily.

## HTTPS (HTTP Secure)

HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is HTTP wrapped in TLS so the path is encrypted and the server can present a certificate.

## hub

hub is an older community CLI that wrapped git with GitHub commands.

## Husky

Husky is Git hook helper people use to run lint-staged before commit.

## Hydration

Hydration is attaching event handlers to server-rendered HTML so it becomes an interactive app.

## hyphens (CSS hyphens)

hyphens (CSS hyphens) is the CSS hyphens property: automatic hyphenation, locale-aware when lang is set.

## i18n (Internationalization)

i18n (Internationalization) is designing software so it can be translated and adapted to locales without rewriting logic.

## IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

IaC (Infrastructure as Code) is storing servers, DNS, and policies in Git instead of clicking consoles.

## IAM (Identity and Access Management)

IAM (Identity and Access Management) is the users, roles, and policies that decide who can call which cloud API.

## ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment)

ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) is the WebRTC process that tries STUN and TURN candidates until a path works.

## Idempotency key

Idempotency key is a client-chosen token so retries of a payment or create do not double-charge.

## Idempotent

Idempotent is a request you can send twice with the same effect as once, which is why PUT and DELETE can be retried.

## IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) is changing an id in a URL or body and seeing someone else's record.

## IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression)

IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression) is a function you run as you define it, used before modules to hide scope.

## Image (container image)

Image (container image) is the immutable snapshot a container starts from.

## IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)

IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is the protocol mail apps use to read a mailbox that stays on the server.

## immutability

immutability is updating data by creating new values instead of mutating old ones, which makes renders and undo easier.

## immutable cache

immutable cache is caching a fingerprinted file forever, because the URL changes when the bytes change.

## import maps

import maps is a browser feature that maps bare specifiers to URLs so ESM can run without a bundler.

## Incident

Incident is an unplanned production problem that needs a coordinated response.

## Index (database index)

Index (database index) is a side structure that makes lookups on a column fast, at the cost of write time and space.

## IndexedDB

IndexedDB is a structured client database for larger offline data.

## Ingress

Ingress is the Kubernetes object that routes HTTP from the outside to services.

## Insomnia

Insomnia is another HTTP GUI used for API design and requests.

## Integration test

Integration test is a test that exercises several real pieces together, such as API plus database.

## IntelliSense

IntelliSense is the product name for rich completions in VS Code and Visual Studio.

## interceptor

interceptor is middleware by another name, common in HTTP clients and NestJS.

## interface segregation

interface segregation is do not force clients to depend on methods they do not use.

## interpreter

interpreter is a program that executes source or bytecode directly.

## Intersection Observer

Intersection Observer is watching when an element enters the viewport, used for lazy load and analytics.

## IPv4

IPv4 is the 32-bit address family, still what most people mean by an IP.

## IPv6

IPv6 is the 128-bit address family that exists because IPv4 ran out.

## isolation (CSS isolation)

isolation (CSS isolation) is the CSS isolation property: whether the box creates a stacking context, useful with mix-blend-mode.

## Isolation level

Isolation level is how much a transaction can see of other in-flight work, from read uncommitted to serializable.

## ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration)

ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) is regenerating a static page in the background after a TTL so you keep CDN speed with fresher data.

## Issue

Issue is a tracked bug, task, or discussion thread on a GitHub repo.

## iterable

iterable is an object you can for-of, such as arrays, maps, and strings.

## iterator

iterator is an object with next() that produces { value, done }.

## IV (Initialization Vector)

IV (Initialization Vector) is the starting value for a block cipher mode.

## Java

Java is a statically typed language that runs on the JVM and still powers a large share of enterprise backends and Android.

## JavaScript (JS)

JavaScript (JS) is the language of the web browser and of most modern frontend toolchains, now also common on servers through Node and similar runtimes.

## JavaScriptCore (JSC)

JavaScriptCore (JSC) is Apple's JavaScript engine in Safari.

## JIT (Just-In-Time compilation)

JIT (Just-In-Time compilation) is compiling hot code at runtime, which is how V8 gets fast.

## jitter

jitter is variation in latency, painful for calls and games.

## Job

Job is a set of steps that run on one runner inside a workflow.

## JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a text format for nested objects and arrays that APIs and config files use everywhere.

## JSON-LD

JSON-LD is structured data in a script tag that search engines use for rich results.

## JSON.parse

JSON.parse is turning a JSON string into a value.

## JSON.stringify

JSON.stringify is turning a value into a JSON string.

## JSONB

JSONB is Postgres's binary JSON type that can be indexed and queried.

## JSX (JavaScript XML)

JSX (JavaScript XML) is the HTML-like syntax React compiles into element trees inside JavaScript.

## justify-content (CSS justify-content)

justify-content (CSS justify-content) is the CSS justify-content property: alignment along the main axis.

## JVM (Java Virtual Machine)

JVM (Java Virtual Machine) is the process that runs compiled Java bytecode and many other languages that target the same portable machine.

## JWT (JSON Web Token)

JWT (JSON Web Token) is a signed (and sometimes encrypted) token that carries claims such as user id and expiry so APIs can trust a bearer without a server session store.

## Kafka

Kafka is a durable log for event streams that many services can read at their own pace.

## Kanban

Kanban is a flow board with work-in-progress limits instead of fixed sprints.

## kernel

kernel is the core of the OS that talks to hardware and schedules processes.

## Key (React key)

Key (React key) is the stable id React uses to match list items across renders.

## kibibyte (KiB)

kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bytes.

## KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is prefer the design you can explain on a whiteboard.

## KMS (Key Management Service)

KMS (Key Management Service) is a cloud service that holds encryption keys and performs encrypt/decrypt.

## Koa

Koa is a slimmer Express successor from the same people, built on async middleware.

## Kotlin

Kotlin is a JVM language that is the default for modern Android and also used for multiplatform and backend work.

## KPI (Key Performance Indicator)

KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is a number leadership watches, sometimes too hard.

## Kubernetes (K8s)

Kubernetes (K8s) is the orchestrator that schedules containers across machines, with services, probes, and rolling updates.

## l10n (Localization)

l10n (Localization) is the actual translation and locale data for one market.

## Label

Label is a colored tag on Issues and PRs such as bug, docs, or good first issue.

## Lambda (AWS Lambda)

Lambda (AWS Lambda) is Amazon's function-as-a-service: upload code, get an HTTP or event trigger.

## Laravel

Laravel is the dominant PHP framework for elegant MVC apps and APIs.

## latency

latency is how long one request waits before the first useful byte.

## Lazy load

Lazy load is waiting to fetch an image, route, or script until it is near the viewport or requested.

## Least privilege

Least privilege is giving a user or token only the access it needs for the job.

## left (CSS left)

left (CSS left) is the CSS left property: the inset from the left edge when the box is positioned.

## Legacy

Legacy is code that still earns money and scares the team.

## Less

Less is another CSS preprocessor still found in older Ant Design and admin themes.

## Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt is the free automated CA that made HTTPS normal on small sites.

## letter-spacing (CSS letter-spacing)

letter-spacing (CSS letter-spacing) is the CSS letter-spacing property: extra space between characters.

## lexer (tokenizer)

lexer (tokenizer) is the first pass that splits source into tokens.

## LF

LF is Unix line endings.

## LFS (Git Large File Storage)

LFS (Git Large File Storage) is an extension that stores large binaries outside the normal Git object store.

## LICENSE

LICENSE is the file that states how other people may use the code.

## LICENSE SPDX

LICENSE SPDX is a short identifier such as MIT or Apache-2.

## line-height (CSS line-height)

line-height (CSS line-height) is the CSS line-height property: the height of a line box, the main tool for readable paragraphs.

## Lint

Lint is a static check for style and obvious mistakes, such as ESLint or Ruff.

## lint-staged

lint-staged is running linters only on staged files so hooks stay fast.

## Linux

Linux is the kernel (and the family of OSes) that runs most servers and Android.

## Liskov substitution

Liskov substitution is subtypes must be usable wherever the parent type is expected.

## list-style (CSS list-style)

list-style (CSS list-style) is the CSS list-style property: the marker of a list.

## LLM (Large Language Model)

LLM (Large Language Model) is a neural net trained to predict the next token, the engine behind ChatGPT, Claude, and most vibe-coding tools.

## Load balancer

Load balancer is a service that spreads incoming connections across many app instances.

## localhost

localhost is the loopback name for this machine, usually 127.

## localStorage

localStorage is a synchronous origin-scoped string store that lasts across visits.

## lock

lock is any mechanism that serializes access to shared state.

## lockfile

lockfile is the file that pins exact versions, such as package-lock.

## lockfile poisoning

lockfile poisoning is changing resolved versions in a lockfile so CI installs a hostile package.

## Logging

Logging is append-only records of what the process did, ideally structured JSON.

## LSP (Language Server Protocol)

LSP (Language Server Protocol) is the protocol that lets one language service power many editors with completions and diagnostics.

## Lua

Lua is a small embeddable language used in games, Nginx, Redis, and Neovim configuration.

## macOS

macOS is Apple's desktop OS, the common laptop for many web developers.

## main

main is the modern default branch name, replacing master in most new repos.

## Map

Map is a key/value collection that accepts any key type and keeps insertion order.

## margin (CSS margin)

margin (CSS margin) is the CSS margin property: space outside the border.

## Markdown (MD)

Markdown (MD) is a lightweight markup for README files, issues, and docs that GitHub renders in the browser.

## Marketplace (GitHub Marketplace)

Marketplace (GitHub Marketplace) is the catalog of Actions and apps you can add to a repo.

## mask (CSS mask)

mask (CSS mask) is the CSS mask property: an image or gradient that controls which parts of the box are visible.

## mass assignment

mass assignment is binding a request body straight onto a model so attackers set role=admin.

## master

master is the historical default branch name, still present in older repos.

## materialized view

materialized view is a stored query whose result is cached on disk and refreshed on a schedule.

## max-height (CSS max-height)

max-height (CSS max-height) is the CSS max-height property: the largest height the box will grow to.

## max-width (CSS max-width)

max-width (CSS max-width) is the CSS max-width property: the largest width the box will grow to.

## MCP (Model Context Protocol)

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard for exposing tools and data to AI apps, used in Cursor and other IDEs.

## MD5

MD5 is a broken hash.

## MDX

MDX is Markdown that can include JSX components, used in modern doc sites.

## memoize

memoize is caching a function's result for the same arguments.

## memory leak

memory leak is retaining objects you no longer need, so memory grows until the tab dies.

## Mention

Mention is typing @username so GitHub notifies that person.

## Merge conflict

Merge conflict is when two commits changed the same lines and Git refuses to guess, so a human must edit the file.

## Merge queue

Merge queue is GitHub's lineup that rebases PRs onto the latest main before merge to keep CI honest.

## Merge request (MR)

Merge request (MR) is GitLab's name for a pull request.

## Metric

Metric is a number over time, such as request rate, error rate, or CPU.

## MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)

MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) is the broader name for 2FA and stronger combinations.

## Microservice

Microservice is a separately deployable service that owns a slice of the domain and talks over the network.

## microtask

microtask is a job that runs after the current stack and before the next paint, such as Promise then-callbacks.

## middleware

middleware is a function that sits in a pipeline, such as Express or Next middleware, and can pass or stop a request.

## Migration

Migration is a versioned change to the database schema, applied in order across environments.

## Milestone

Milestone is a grouping of Issues and PRs toward a date or version.

## min-height (CSS min-height)

min-height (CSS min-height) is the CSS min-height property: the smallest height the box will shrink to.

## min-width (CSS min-width)

min-width (CSS min-width) is the CSS min-width property: the smallest width the box will shrink to.

## Minify

Minify is stripping comments and shortening names so files are smaller, not more secret.

## minimal reproduction

minimal reproduction is a tiny repo that fails, not your whole monorepo.

## MIT license

MIT license is a short permissive license.

## mix-blend-mode (CSS mix-blend-mode)

mix-blend-mode (CSS mix-blend-mode) is the CSS mix-blend-mode property: how the box blends with what is behind it.

## mixed content

mixed content is an HTTPS page loading HTTP scripts or images.

## Mixed reset

Mixed reset is moving HEAD and clearing the index, leaving changes unstaged.

## Mob programming

Mob programming is the whole team at one problem, rotating the driver.

## Mobile-first

Mobile-first is writing the small-screen CSS as the default and adding complexity at larger breakpoints.

## Mock

Mock is a fake collaborator that records calls so you can assert interactions.

## Modular monolith

Modular monolith is a single process with hard internal boundaries, often the right step before microservices.

## module (ES module)

module (ES module) is a file with import and export, the standard way to split JS.

## MongoDB

MongoDB is a document database that stores JSON-like BSON and scales out with replica sets and shards.

## Monolith

Monolith is one deployable that holds many features.

## Monorepo

Monorepo is one repository that holds many packages or apps, with shared tooling.

## MPA (Multi-Page Application)

MPA (Multi-Page Application) is the classic model where each URL is a full document from the server.

## mTLS (mutual TLS)

mTLS (mutual TLS) is both client and server present certificates, common between services.

## Mutation Observer

Mutation Observer is watching the DOM for additions and attribute changes.

## mutex

mutex is a lock only one thread can hold.

## MVC (Model View Controller)

MVC (Model View Controller) is the classic split: data, presentation, and the glue that handles input.

## MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is the smallest thing you can put in front of users to learn if the idea is real.

## MVP pattern (Model View Presenter)

MVP pattern (Model View Presenter) is another UI split where a presenter updates a passive view.

## MVVM (Model View ViewModel)

MVVM (Model View ViewModel) is a UI split common on mobile and in some web stacks.

## MX record

MX record is the DNS record that says which hosts receive mail for a domain.

## MySQL

MySQL is the other widely hosted relational database, common on shared hosts and older LAMP stacks.

## n-day

n-day is a known vuln you have not patched.

## N+1 query

N+1 query is fetching a list, then running one extra query per row instead of a join or include.

## Nameserver

Nameserver is the server that answers DNS queries for a zone.

## NaN (Not a Number)

NaN (Not a Number) is the IEEE result of invalid math.

## NAT (Network Address Translation)

NAT (Network Address Translation) is rewriting private addresses so many devices share one public IP.

## NestJS

NestJS is an opinionated Node framework that feels like Angular on the server.

## Netlify

Netlify is a JAMstack host with Git deploys, functions, and forms.

## Next.js

Next.js is the React meta-framework for routing, SSR, SSG, and API routes, widely used on Vercel.

## NFS (Network File System)

NFS (Network File System) is a protocol for mounting a remote filesystem.

## Node.js (Node)

Node.js (Node) is a JavaScript runtime built on V8 that lets you run JS on servers, CLIs, and build tools.

## nonce

nonce is a number used once with a key so two encryptions of the same text do not match.

## Normalization

Normalization is structuring tables so each fact lives in one place, reducing update anomalies.

## normalization (Unicode normalization)

normalization (Unicode normalization) is canonicalizing equivalent Unicode sequences so comparisons work.

## NoSQL (Not Only SQL)

NoSQL (Not Only SQL) is a family of databases that store documents, key-value pairs, graphs, or wide columns instead of rigid tables.

## Notification API

Notification API is system notifications after the user grants permission.

## npm

npm is Node's default package manager and the public registry at registry.

## npm publish

npm publish is putting a package on the registry.

## npx

npx is npm's runner that executes a package without a global install.

## NS record

NS record is the DNS record that names the authoritative name servers for a zone.

## null

null is the intentional empty reference.

## nullish coalescing

nullish coalescing is the ?

## Nuxt

Nuxt is the Vue meta-framework equivalent of Next for server-rendered and static Vue apps.

## OAuth (Open Authorization)

OAuth (Open Authorization) is a delegation protocol so a user can let an app act on their behalf without sharing their password.

## OAuth 2.0

OAuth 2.0 is the current OAuth family used by Google, GitHub, and most 'Sign in with' buttons.

## OAuth app

OAuth app is a GitHub app that users authorize to act with their scopes.

## Object storage

Object storage is files addressed by key, not a POSIX disk, such as S3.

## Object URL

Object URL is a blob: URL created with URL.

## object-fit (CSS object-fit)

object-fit (CSS object-fit) is the CSS object-fit property: how replaced content such as img fills its box.

## object-position (CSS object-position)

object-position (CSS object-position) is the CSS object-position property: the anchor of that fitted content.

## Objective-C

Objective-C is Apple's previous main language, still present in older iOS codebases next to Swift.

## Observability

Observability is being able to ask new questions about a live system using logs, metrics, and traces.

## observer

observer is a publish/subscribe relationship, the ancestor of event emitters and reactive stores.

## OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)

OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) is a live check of whether a certificate was revoked.

## Octokit

Octokit is the official client libraries for the GitHub API.

## offset pagination

offset pagination is paging with OFFSET and LIMIT.

## OIDC (OpenID Connect)

OIDC (OpenID Connect) is an identity layer on OAuth 2.

## OKR (Objectives and Key Results)

OKR (Objectives and Key Results) is a goal format: qualitative objective, measurable key results.

## On-call

On-call is the rotation of humans who get paged when production breaks at 3 a.

## Onboarding

Onboarding is the path that gets a new person productive: access, docs, first PR.

## opacity (CSS opacity)

opacity (CSS opacity) is the CSS opacity property: how opaque the whole box including children is, from 0 to 1.

## Open Graph (OG)

Open Graph (OG) is meta tags that control the title, description, and image when a link is shared.

## open redirect

open redirect is a redirect that takes a user-controlled URL, used in phishing.

## open-closed principle

open-closed principle is open for extension, closed for modification, usually via interfaces.

## OpenAPI (Swagger)

OpenAPI (Swagger) is the standard YAML/JSON description of an HTTP API, used to generate docs and clients.

## OpenTelemetry (OTel)

OpenTelemetry (OTel) is the vendor-neutral standard for traces, metrics, and logs.

## optional chaining

optional chaining is the ?

## OPTIONS

OPTIONS is the method browsers send for CORS preflights and that APIs use to advertise allowed methods.

## Origin

Origin is the conventional name of the primary remote.

## origin server

origin server is the server the CDN fetches from when the edge does not have the object.

## ORM (Object-Relational Mapping)

ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) is a layer that lets you work with tables as objects and relations instead of raw SQL.

## ORM impedance mismatch

ORM impedance mismatch is the friction between objects in memory and tables in a database.

## ORM migration drift

ORM migration drift is when the live database no longer matches the migration history.

## Outdated comment

Outdated comment is a review comment on a line that later commits changed.

## outline (CSS outline)

outline (CSS outline) is the CSS outline property: a line outside the border that does not take layout space, used for focus.

## overflow (CSS overflow)

overflow (CSS overflow) is the CSS overflow property: what happens when content does not fit: visible, hidden, auto, or clip.

## overflow-x (CSS overflow-x)

overflow-x (CSS overflow-x) is the CSS overflow-x property: horizontal overflow behavior.

## overflow-y (CSS overflow-y)

overflow-y (CSS overflow-y) is the CSS overflow-y property: vertical overflow behavior.

## overscroll-behavior (CSS overscroll-behavior)

overscroll-behavior (CSS overscroll-behavior) is the CSS overscroll-behavior property: whether scroll chaining to the parent is allowed.

## OWASP (Open Worldwide Application Security Project)

OWASP (Open Worldwide Application Security Project) is the community behind the Top 10 and a lot of practical app-sec guidance.

## OWASP Top 10

OWASP Top 10 is the widely cited list of the most common web app risks.

## package.json

package.json is the manifest of a Node project: name, scripts, and dependencies.

## packet loss

packet loss is datagrams that never arrive.

## padding (CSS padding)

padding (CSS padding) is the CSS padding property: space inside the border, around the content.

## pagination

pagination is splitting a list into pages with limit/offset or cursors.

## Pair programming

Pair programming is two people at one problem, often one driving the keyboard.

## parser

parser is the program that turns text into a structured tree.

## partial clone

partial clone is cloning without every blob, then fetching on demand.

## Partition

Partition is splitting one table into pieces by range or hash while still querying it as one.

## Passkey

Passkey is a phishing-resistant credential stored on a device or password manager, based on WebAuthn.

## password hash

password hash is a one-way transform of a password, ideally with a slow algorithm such as bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2.

## PATCH

PATCH is the method that applies a partial update to a resource.

## Patch

Patch is a diff formatted so it can be applied elsewhere, including GitHub suggestion blocks.

## patch Tuesday

patch Tuesday is Microsoft's monthly patch drop, and a reminder that updates are a process.

## PATH

PATH is the list of directories the shell searches for commands.

## Path parameter

Path parameter is a variable segment in a route such as /users/:id.

## path traversal

path traversal is using .

## Payload

Payload is the body of a request or response, usually JSON, that carries the actual data.

## peer dependency

peer dependency is a package the host app must provide, common for React plugins.

## penetration test (pentest)

penetration test (pentest) is a time-boxed authorized attack with a report.

## pepper

pepper is a secret mixed into hashes and stored apart from the database.

## Perl

Perl is an older text-processing language that still appears in sysadmin scripts and legacy CGI.

## Permalink

Permalink is a URL that is meant to stay stable so other people can cite it later.

## permalink line

permalink line is pressing Y on a file to lock the URL to a commit so line comments stay valid.

## permissive license

permissive license is MIT, BSD, Apache: few restrictions beyond attribution.

## Personal access token (PAT)

Personal access token (PAT) is a GitHub token you generate for HTTPS Git and APIs.

## phishing

phishing is tricking a human into giving a secret or clicking a bad link.

## PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server language that still runs a huge fraction of the web, including WordPress, Laravel, and many host-shared sites.

## PID (Process ID)

PID (Process ID) is the number the OS assigns to a process.

## PII (Personally Identifiable Information)

PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is data that can identify a person.

## pinning (certificate pinning)

pinning (certificate pinning) is hard-coding which certs a client will accept.

## Pipeline

Pipeline is the sequence of CI/CD jobs from lint to test to deploy.

## PITR (Point-In-Time Recovery)

PITR (Point-In-Time Recovery) is restoring a database to a specific moment using a base backup plus WAL.

## PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is the CAs, certificates, and revocation that make TLS identities work.

## place-items (CSS place-items)

place-items (CSS place-items) is the CSS place-items property: align-items plus justify-items.

## Playbook

Playbook is a broader documented way of working, not only for outages.

## pnpm

pnpm is a package manager that shares a content store and is strict about the dependency tree.

## Pod

Pod is the smallest Kubernetes unit: one or more containers that share network and storage.

## pointer

pointer is an address of a value in memory, first-class in C and hidden in managed languages.

## pointer-events (CSS pointer-events)

pointer-events (CSS pointer-events) is the CSS pointer-events property: whether the box can be the target of pointer hits.

## Polyfill

Polyfill is code that implements a modern API on older browsers.

## Polyrepo

Polyrepo is the opposite of a monorepo: each service or package has its own repository.

## POP3

POP3 is an older mail-download protocol that often deletes mail from the server.

## port

port is a 16-bit number that multiplexes TCP or UDP on a host, such as 443.

## Portal

Portal is rendering a React tree into a DOM node outside the parent, used for modals and nav bars.

## position (CSS position)

position (CSS position) is the CSS position property: the positioning scheme: static, relative, absolute, fixed, or sticky.

## POSIX

POSIX is the family of Unix APIs for files, processes, and threads.

## POST

POST is the method that submits a new action or resource, not safe and not always idempotent.

## PostCSS

PostCSS is a CSS transformer that Autoprefixer and Tailwind sit on.

## Postgres (PostgreSQL)

Postgres (PostgreSQL) is a powerful open-source relational database with JSON, full text, and serious SQL.

## Postman

Postman is a GUI for sending HTTP requests and sharing collections.

## Postmortem (incident review)

Postmortem (incident review) is the write-up of what failed, what you changed, and how you will prevent a repeat.

## PowerShell

PowerShell is a Microsoft shell and scripting language that treats command output as objects, not only text.

## pre-commit

pre-commit is a hook that runs before a commit is created.

## pre-push

pre-push is a hook that runs before a push.

## Preconnect

Preconnect is opening DNS, TCP, and TLS to a host before you actually request a file.

## Prefetch

Prefetch is hinting the browser to download a likely next resource in spare time.

## Preload

Preload is telling the browser a resource is needed for this navigation, with high priority.

## Prepared statement

Prepared statement is a query with placeholders so user values cannot change the SQL shape.

## Prettier

Prettier is the common JS/TS formatter.

## Primary (leader)

Primary (leader) is the database instance that accepts writes in a replicated setup.

## Primary key

Primary key is the column or set of columns that uniquely identifies a row.

## principle of least astonishment

principle of least astonishment is software should behave the way a careful user expects.

## Prisma

Prisma is a TypeScript ORM with a declarative schema and generated client.

## private package

private package is a package you do not publish publicly.

## privilege escalation

privilege escalation is a user or bug gaining rights they should not have.

## process

process is an OS instance of a running program with its own memory.

## progressive enhancement

progressive enhancement is starting with a working HTML page and adding JS, not the other way around.

## Project (GitHub Projects)

Project (GitHub Projects) is GitHub's kanban or table for planning Issues and PRs.

## projection

projection is selecting only the fields a client needs.

## Prometheus

Prometheus is a pull-based metrics system with a time-series database and Alertmanager.

## Promise

Promise is an object that represents a future value, the foundation of async JavaScript.

## prompt

prompt is the text you give a model.

## prompt engineering

prompt engineering is writing specs, examples, and constraints so a model produces usable work.

## proprietary

proprietary is code you may not use without a separate grant.

## Props

Props is the inputs a component receives from its parent.

## Protected branch

Protected branch is a branch with rules so casual pushes cannot land.

## prototype

prototype is the object JavaScript walks when a property is missing on the instance.

## prototype pollution

prototype pollution is writing to Object.

## provenance

provenance is signed metadata about how an artifact was built, so you can refuse mystery binaries.

## Proxy

Proxy is an object that intercepts operations, used by Vue's reactivity and some ORMs.

## pub/sub (publish/subscribe)

pub/sub (publish/subscribe) is publishers emit events, subscribers listen, without knowing each other.

## Pull request (PR)

Pull request (PR) is GitHub's review unit: a branch asking to merge into another, with discussion and checks.

## pure function

pure function is a function that does not mutate the outside world and returns the same output for the same input.

## purple team

purple team is red and blue working together on the same exercise.

## PUT

PUT is the method that replaces a resource at a URL, meant to be idempotent.

## PWA (Progressive Web App)

PWA (Progressive Web App) is a website that can be installed, work offline, and feel like an app using a service worker and manifest.

## Python

Python is a high-level language used for scripts, APIs, data work, and AI glue, famous for readable syntax and a huge package index.

## query plan

query plan is the steps the database chose to run a statement.

## Query string

Query string is the part of a URL after ?

## Queue

Queue is a list of work items consumers pull so producers do not wait on slow jobs.

## QUIC

QUIC is a UDP-based transport that TLS 1.

## R

R is a language built for statistics and plots, still standard in research and some data-science teams.

## R2

R2 is Cloudflare's S3-compatible object store with no egress fees to the internet.

## RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is a message broker that routes jobs and events with queues and exchanges.

## race condition

race condition is a bug that depends on timing.

## RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is fetching documents and stuffing them into the prompt so the model can cite real files.

## Rails (Ruby on Rails)

Rails (Ruby on Rails) is the convention-over-configuration framework that defined modern MVC web apps.

## Railway

Railway is a PaaS aimed at fast app and database deploys.

## rainbow table

rainbow table is a precomputed map of hashes to passwords, defeated by unique salts.

## Rate limit

Rate limit is a cap on how many requests a client may make in a window so one user cannot starve everyone else.

## raw file

raw file is the unrendered file bytes, useful when a README widget lies.

## RCE (Remote Code Execution)

RCE (Remote Code Execution) is an attacker running their code on your machine.

## RDS (Relational Database Service)

RDS (Relational Database Service) is Amazon's managed relational databases.

## React

React is a UI library that renders components as functions of state and props, now the default mental model for many web apps.

## React Native

React Native is React for iOS and Android, bridging to native views.

## README

README is the first document GitHub shows on a repo.

## Rebase and merge

Rebase and merge is a GitHub merge style that replays PR commits onto the base without a merge commit.

## Reconciliation

Reconciliation is React's process of diffing trees and applying DOM updates.

## red team

red team is people paid to attack you so you find holes first.

## Redirect

Redirect is an HTTP response that tells the client to request a different URL, with 301, 302, 307, or 308.

## Redis

Redis is an in-memory store used for caches, queues, rate limits, and sessions.

## ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) is a regex that explodes on certain strings and pins the CPU.

## Redux

Redux is a predictable state container that became the default React global store for years.

## Refactor

Refactor is changing structure without changing behavior, so the next change is safer.

## Reflect

Reflect is a built-in of default object operations, the pair of Proxy traps.

## Reflog

Reflog is Git's local diary of where HEAD has been, the usual way to recover a 'lost' commit.

## Reflow

Reflow is the browser recalculating layout after DOM or CSS changes, which is expensive if you do it in a loop.

## RegEx (Regular Expression)

RegEx (Regular Expression) is a pattern language for matching and extracting text, powerful and easy to get catastrophically wrong.

## Region

Region is a geographic cluster of availability zones.

## Registrar

Registrar is the company that sells you the domain and talks to the registry.

## Registry

Registry is a store for images or packages, such as Docker Hub, GHCR, or npm.

## Regression

Regression is a bug that came back after a change.

## Relay

Relay is Facebook's GraphQL client with a strict fragment and cache model.

## Release

Release is a GitHub object around a tag, with notes and downloadable assets.

## release please

release please is Google's Action that opens release PRs from conventional commits.

## Remix

Remix is a React framework that leans on web standards, nested routes, and progressive enhancement.

## Remote

Remote is a named copy of the repo on another machine, usually origin on GitHub.

## Render

Render is a simpler PaaS for web services, workers, and Postgres.

## Render props

Render props is a pattern that shares code by passing a function as a child.

## Repaint

Repaint is the browser redrawing pixels without changing layout, cheaper than reflow but still not free.

## Replica (read replica)

Replica (read replica) is a copy of the database that serves reads so the primary can focus on writes.

## Repository (repo)

Repository (repo) is a Git project: the working files plus the .

## repository

repository is the object that loads and saves domain objects.

## repository pattern

repository pattern is hiding storage behind an interface so the domain does not import SQL.

## repro (reproduction)

repro (reproduction) is the smallest steps or repo that shows the bug.

## Request changes

Request changes is a review state that blocks merge until the author addresses the feedback.

## requestAnimationFrame (rAF)

requestAnimationFrame (rAF) is scheduling work for the next frame so animation stays in sync with paint.

## requestIdleCallback

requestIdleCallback is running low-priority work when the browser is idle.

## Required status check

Required status check is a CI job that must pass before GitHub will merge the PR.

## rerere

rerere is Git remembering how you resolved a conflict so a later rebase can reuse it.

## Reset (git reset)

Reset (git reset) is moving HEAD and optionally the index and working tree.

## resize (CSS resize)

resize (CSS resize) is the CSS resize property: whether a textarea-like box may be resized.

## Resize Observer

Resize Observer is watching an element's size without listening to window resize.

## Resolve conflict

Resolve conflict is editing the conflict markers, then adding and committing (or continuing the rebase).

## Resolve conversation

Resolve conversation is marking a review thread done after the fix landed.

## Responsive design

Responsive design is layouts that adapt across phone, tablet, and desktop instead of shipping a separate mobile site.

## REST (Representational State Transfer)

REST (Representational State Transfer) is an API style that models nouns as URLs and uses GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE instead of custom RPC verbs.

## REST API

REST API is an HTTP API that is resource-oriented.

## rest parameter

rest parameter is the .

## REST resource

REST resource is a noun the API exposes, identified by a URL.

## RESTful

RESTful is the adjective for an API that actually follows REST constraints rather than just returning JSON from random paths.

## Restore (git restore)

Restore (git restore) is the modern command to discard or restore files in the working tree or index.

## Retrospective

Retrospective is the meeting where the team changes how it works, not just what it builds.

## retry

retry is doing the same call again after a failure.

## Reverse proxy

Reverse proxy is a server that accepts public traffic and forwards it to internal apps, adding TLS, caching, or routing.

## Revert

Revert is adding a new commit that undoes an older one, safe for shared history.

## Review

Review is comments, approvals, or change requests on a pull request.

## Reviewer

Reviewer is someone asked to look at a PR.

## revocation

revocation is telling clients a certificate is no longer trusted, via CRL or OCSP.

## Rewrite

Rewrite is replacing a system instead of evolving it.

## RFC (Request for Comments)

RFC (Request for Comments) is a design doc you circulate before a large change.

## right (CSS right)

right (CSS right) is the CSS right property: the inset from the right edge when the box is positioned.

## right to be forgotten

right to be forgotten is a deletion request you must actually honor in the systems that hold the person.

## Rollback

Rollback is returning production to the previous artifact when the new one misbehaves.

## Rollup

Rollup is a bundler favored for libraries because of clean ESM output and tree shaking.

## Route 53

Route 53 is Amazon's DNS and traffic-routing service.

## RPC (Remote Procedure Call)

RPC (Remote Procedure Call) is calling a function that runs on another machine as if it were local, used by gRPC, tRPC, and older SOAP stacks.

## RPO (Recovery Point Objective)

RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is how much data you can afford to lose, measured in time.

## RSA

RSA is a public-key algorithm still used for signatures and some key exchange.

## RTO (Recovery Time Objective)

RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is how long you can stay down before the business is in real trouble.

## Ruby

Ruby is a language optimized for programmer happiness, best known through Rails for conventional web apps.

## Runbook

Runbook is the checklist an on-call person follows for a known class of failure.

## Runner

Runner is the machine, GitHub-hosted or self-hosted, that executes a job.

## Rust

Rust is a systems language that aims for C-like speed with compile-time memory safety and no garbage collector pause.

## S3 (Simple Storage Service)

S3 (Simple Storage Service) is Amazon's object store.

## Safe method

Safe method is an HTTP method that should not change server state, mainly GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS.

## salt

salt is random per-password data mixed into a hash so two identical passwords do not match.

## SameSite

SameSite is a cookie attribute that limits when cookies travel on cross-site requests, a main CSRF defense.

## SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language)

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an XML SSO standard still common in enterprise IT.

## Sass (SCSS)

Sass (SCSS) is a CSS preprocessor with variables, nesting, and mixins.

## SAST (Static Application Security Testing)

SAST (Static Application Security Testing) is the vendor name for security-focused static analysis.

## SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) is a list of what is in a build, so you can answer 'are we affected?

## SBOM CycloneDX

SBOM CycloneDX is a common SBOM format besides SPDX.

## SCA (Software Composition Analysis)

SCA (Software Composition Analysis) is scanning dependencies for known CVEs.

## Scala

Scala is a JVM language that mixes object and functional styles, known from Spark and some high-scale backends.

## Schema

Schema is the shape of the data: tables, columns, types, and relations, or a JSON schema for documents.

## scoped package

scoped package is a package named @org/name, used for namespacing and private registries.

## scroll-behavior (CSS scroll-behavior)

scroll-behavior (CSS scroll-behavior) is the CSS scroll-behavior property: smooth or instant scrolling for the box.

## scroll-margin (CSS scroll-margin)

scroll-margin (CSS scroll-margin) is the CSS scroll-margin property: extra snap or scroll padding around a target.

## Scrum

Scrum is a popular Agile wrapper with roles, sprints, and ceremonies.

## Secret (GitHub Secret)

Secret (GitHub Secret) is an encrypted value injected into Actions, never to be echoed in logs.

## secret rotation

secret rotation is replacing a key or token on a schedule and after a leak.

## Secure cookie

Secure cookie is a cookie that the browser will only send over HTTPS.

## SECURITY.md

SECURITY.md is the file that says how to report a vulnerability privately.

## Seed

Seed is scripted sample or required rows loaded after migrations.

## Semantic HTML

Semantic HTML is using elements for their meaning (nav, main, button) so tools do not have to guess from divs.

## semantic-release

semantic-release is automation that versions and publishes from commit messages.

## semaphore

semaphore is a counter that limits how many threads may enter a section.

## SemVer (Semantic Versioning)

SemVer (Semantic Versioning) is version numbers MAJOR.

## semver range

semver range is a version constraint such as ^1.

## Sentry

Sentry is an error-tracking product that groups stack traces and tells you who is hurt.

## SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is making pages understandable and fast so search engines can rank and show them.

## sequential scan

sequential scan is reading every row.

## Server Component (RSC)

Server Component (RSC) is a React component that renders on the server and does not ship its JS to the client.

## server hook

server hook is a hook on the receiving Git host.

## Serverless

Serverless is running functions or containers that scale to zero and you pay per use, such as AWS Lambda.

## service

service is the object that holds business rules, called by controllers or workers.

## Service mesh

Service mesh is a sidecar layer such as Istio or Linkerd that handles mTLS, retries, and traffic policy.

## Service worker

Service worker is a script the browser runs in the background to intercept fetches, cache files, and enable offline.

## Service worker skip waiting

Service worker skip waiting is the pattern that activates a new service worker immediately instead of waiting for every tab to close.

## Session

Session is server-side state tied to a visitor, often looked up from a cookie or token.

## sessionStorage

sessionStorage is like localStorage but scoped to a tab lifetime.

## Set

Set is a collection of unique values.

## SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is file transfer over SSH, not the old FTP.

## SHA-1

SHA-1 is a retired hash.

## SHA-256

SHA-256 is a widely used cryptographic hash.

## Shadow DOM

Shadow DOM is an isolated DOM subtree used by web components so their CSS does not leak.

## shallow clone

shallow clone is cloning with limited history, common in CI to save time.

## shallow copy

shallow copy is copying only the top level of an object.

## Sharding

Sharding is splitting data across many databases by a key so no single box holds everything.

## shebang

shebang is the #! line that tells Unix which interpreter to run.

## Shim

Shim is a thin compatibility layer that makes one API look like another.

## side effect

side effect is any change a function makes besides its return value: network, DOM, or global state.

## sideEffects flag

sideEffects flag is the package.

## SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) is a system that aggregates security logs and alerts.

## Signed commit

Signed commit is a commit whose author used GPG or SSH signing so GitHub can mark it Verified.

## sigstore

sigstore is a project for signing artifacts with short-lived OIDC-bound keys.

## single responsibility

single responsibility is a module should have one reason to change.

## singleton

singleton is one shared instance.

## SLA (Service Level Agreement)

SLA (Service Level Agreement) is the contractual promise, often with credits if you miss it.

## SLI (Service Level Indicator)

SLI (Service Level Indicator) is the raw measurement behind an SLO, such as the ratio of 2xx responses.

## SLO (Service Level Objective)

SLO (Service Level Objective) is the target reliability number you actually try to hit, such as 99.

## SLSA

SLSA is a supply-chain security framework with levels of provenance.

## Slug

Slug is a URL-safe, usually lowercase title used in permalinks, such as tech-dictionary.

## Smoke test

Smoke test is a tiny suite that proves the build basically boots.

## SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol servers use to send mail to each other.

## snapshot

snapshot is a point-in-time copy of a disk or database.

## Snapshot test

Snapshot test is comparing output to a saved file.

## SNI (Server Name Indication)

SNI (Server Name Indication) is the TLS extension that tells a shared IP which hostname you wanted.

## SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is an older XML web-service protocol still found in banks and enterprise integrations.

## SOC (Security Operations Center)

SOC (Security Operations Center) is the team and tools that watch for attacks.

## social engineering

social engineering is attacks that target people and process, not only packets.

## Soft reset

Soft reset is moving HEAD but leaving the index and working tree, so commits become staged changes.

## soft wrap

soft wrap is the editor wrapping long lines without inserting newlines.

## Solid (SolidJS)

Solid (SolidJS) is a reactive UI library that updates the real DOM with fine-grained signals.

## SOLID

SOLID is five object-oriented design principles: single responsibility, open-closed, Liskov, interface segregation, dependency inversion.

## Solidity

Solidity is the main language for Ethereum smart contracts.

## sorting

sorting is ordering a list.

## Source map

Source map is a file that maps minified code back to your original lines for debugging.

## SPA (Single-Page Application)

SPA (Single-Page Application) is an app that loads once and then changes views with client routing instead of full page reloads.

## Span

Span is one timed operation inside a trace, such as a DB query.

## sparse checkout

sparse checkout is checking out only some paths, used in huge monorepos.

## spear phishing

spear phishing is phishing aimed at one person or role with researched bait.

## Specificity

Specificity is the scoring of selectors that decides which rule beats another, before source order.

## SpiderMonkey

SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's JavaScript engine in Firefox.

## Spike

Spike is a time-boxed exploration to learn enough to estimate or choose.

## spread

spread is the ... syntax that expands arrays or objects into another literal or call.

## Spring (Spring Boot)

Spring (Spring Boot) is the main Java stack for production APIs and enterprise services.

## Sprint

Sprint is a short planned interval in Scrum, usually one or two weeks.

## SQL (Structured Query Language)

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the standard language for asking relational databases to select, join, insert, update, and delete rows.

## SQL injection

SQL injection is smuggling SQL through unsanitized input so the database runs an attacker's command.

## SQLite

SQLite is a database in a single file, perfect for mobile, tests, and small apps.

## Squash

Squash is folding several commits into one, often when merging a PR.

## Squash and merge

Squash and merge is a GitHub merge style that lands the PR as one commit on the base.

## SRI (Subresource Integrity)

SRI (Subresource Integrity) is a hash on a <script> or <link> so a CDN cannot silently change the file.

## SSE (Server-Sent Events)

SSE (Server-Sent Events) is a one-way HTTP stream from server to browser, simpler than WebSockets for notifications.

## SSG (Static Site Generation)

SSG (Static Site Generation) is rendering pages at build time into files a CDN can serve with almost no origin compute.

## SSH (Secure Shell)

SSH (Secure Shell) is the encrypted remote shell and file protocol you use to administer servers.

## SSH key

SSH key is the key pair you use to push over git@github.

## SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the predecessor of TLS.

## SSO (Single Sign-On)

SSO (Single Sign-On) is one login that opens many apps, usually through SAML or OIDC.

## SSR (Server-Side Rendering)

SSR (Server-Side Rendering) is building the HTML on the server for the first paint so crawlers and slow devices see content sooner.

## SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) is tricking your server into fetching an internal URL the attacker cannot reach directly.

## stack

stack is the memory region for call frames and locals.

## stack overflow

stack overflow is too many nested calls.

## Staging area (index)

Staging area (index) is the set of changes you have marked to go into the next commit.

## stale-while-revalidate

stale-while-revalidate is serving a cached response while fetching a fresh one in the background.

## Standup

Standup is a short daily sync.

## star

star is a bookmark on a repo.

## Stash

Stash is a temporary shelf for dirty work so you can change branches cleanly.

## State

State is data a component owns and that, when changed, causes a new render.

## stateless

stateless is a process that keeps no required local disk state, so you can scale it by adding instances.

## Static analysis

Static analysis is reading code without running it to find bugs and vulns.

## Status code

Status code is the three-digit number that tells a client whether the request worked, redirected, or failed.

## Step

Step is one command or action inside a job.

## sticky session

sticky session is routing a user back to the same instance.

## stored procedure

stored procedure is a routine that lives in the database.

## Story point

Story point is a relative size number some teams use instead of hours.

## structuredClone

structuredClone is the platform function that deep-clones most structured data.

## Stub

Stub is a fake that returns canned data without much behavior.

## STUN

STUN is a protocol that helps WebRTC discover the public address behind NAT.

## Submodule

Submodule is a Git repo nested inside another, pinned to a specific commit.

## Subnet

Subnet is a slice of a VPC, often public or private, in one availability zone.

## Subtree

Subtree is an alternative to submodules that copies another project into a folder of yours.

## sudo

sudo is running a command as root.

## Suggested change

Suggested change is a review snippet the author can commit in one click.

## supply chain attack

supply chain attack is compromising you through a dependency, a CI token, or a poisoned package.

## Suspense

Suspense is React's boundary that shows a fallback while a child is loading.

## Svelte

Svelte is a compiler that turns components into tight vanilla JS instead of shipping a large runtime.

## SvelteKit

SvelteKit is the official Svelte app framework with routing, SSR, and adapters for many hosts.

## Swagger

Swagger is the original tooling name people still use for OpenAPI docs and the Swagger UI.

## SWC

SWC is a Rust-based compiler used by Next.

## Swift

Swift is Apple's language for iOS, macOS, and related platforms, replacing most new Objective-C work.

## Switch (git switch)

Switch (git switch) is the modern command to move HEAD to another branch.

## Symbol

Symbol is a unique immutable value often used as a hidden property key.

## symmetric encryption

symmetric encryption is the same key encrypts and decrypts, such as AES.

## syscall

syscall is a request from user code to the kernel, such as read or write.

## system prompt

system prompt is the hidden or leading instructions that set the model's role and rules.

## tab-size (CSS tab-size)

tab-size (CSS tab-size) is the CSS tab-size property: how wide a tab character is in preformatted text.

## Tag

Tag is a name for a commit, used for releases such as v1.

## Tailwind

Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework where you compose classes like flex, gap-4, and text-sm in markup.

## Tauri

Tauri is a lighter desktop wrapper that uses the OS webview and a Rust core.

## TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is the reliable, ordered stream protocol under HTTPS and SSH.

## TDD (Test-Driven Development)

TDD (Test-Driven Development) is writing a failing test first, then the code, then refactoring.

## Tech debt

Tech debt is shortcuts that cost more later.

## temperature

temperature is a sampling knob: low is picky and repeatable, high is more random.

## temporal dead zone (TDZ)

temporal dead zone (TDZ) is the time between entering a scope and initializing a let or const, when access throws.

## Terraform

Terraform is HashiCorp's language for declaring cloud resources as code and planning diffs.

## text-align (CSS text-align)

text-align (CSS text-align) is the CSS text-align property: inline alignment: start, center, justify.

## text-decoration (CSS text-decoration)

text-decoration (CSS text-decoration) is the CSS text-decoration property: underline, overline, line-through, and their styles.

## text-transform (CSS text-transform)

text-transform (CSS text-transform) is the CSS text-transform property: uppercase, lowercase, or capitalize, which is not a substitute for real casing.

## this

this is the call-site binding in a function.

## thread

thread is a scheduled path of execution inside a process that shares memory.

## Threat model

Threat model is a structured look at what you are protecting, who might attack it, and how.

## throttle

throttle is running a function at most once per interval, used on scroll handlers.

## throughput

throughput is how many successful operations you complete per unit time.

## thundering herd

thundering herd is many waiters waking at once for one event.

## timeout

timeout is giving up when a call takes too long.

## timing attack

timing attack is learning a secret from how long a comparison takes.

## TLS (Transport Layer Security)

TLS (Transport Layer Security) is the protocol that encrypts HTTP, mail, and many other sockets.

## TLS handshake

TLS handshake is the first packets that agree versions, keys, and the server certificate.

## Toil

Toil is manual, repetitive ops work that does not add lasting value.

## token (LLM token)

token (LLM token) is a chunk of text the model reads and writes, smaller than a word and billed as usage.

## TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language)

TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language) is a config format with clear types, used by Cargo, many CLIs, and some app configs.

## tool calling (function calling)

tool calling (function calling) is letting a model request a structured tool, then you run it and return the result.

## top (CSS top)

top (CSS top) is the CSS top property: the inset from the top edge when the box is positioned.

## top-level await

top-level await is await at module scope, which delays the module's evaluation.

## TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password)

TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) is the rotating six-digit codes in authenticator apps.

## Trace (distributed trace)

Trace (distributed trace) is a request's path across services, stitched by a trace id.

## Transaction

Transaction is a group of writes that all commit or all roll back, keeping data consistent.

## transform (CSS transform)

transform (CSS transform) is the CSS transform property: translate, rotate, scale, and skew, which can create a containing block.

## transformer

transformer is the neural architecture that uses attention so models can weigh tokens against each other.

## transition (CSS transition)

transition (CSS transition) is the CSS transition property: animating property changes over time.

## transitive dependency

transitive dependency is a package you did not list, pulled in by something you did.

## Transpile

Transpile is rewriting source from a newer syntax to an older one, such as TS to JS.

## tree (AST)

tree (AST) is usually the abstract syntax tree a compiler walks.

## Tree shaking

Tree shaking is bundlers dropping unused exports so the shipped JS is smaller.

## tree-shaking hole

tree-shaking hole is a side-effectful import that stops the bundler from dropping unused code.

## trigger

trigger is a function the database runs on insert, update, or delete.

## tRPC

tRPC is end-to-end typesafe RPC for TypeScript apps that share types between client and server.

## Trunk-based development

Trunk-based development is a style where everyone merges to main in small slices, often behind feature flags.

## truthy

truthy is a value that becomes true in a boolean context, such as a non-empty string.

## TSX

TSX is JSX written in TypeScript files so component props can be checked.

## TTL (Time To Live)

TTL (Time To Live) is how long a cached value or DNS record stays valid before it must be refreshed.

## TTL in DNS

TTL in DNS is how long resolvers may cache a record.

## Turbopack

Turbopack is Vercel's incremental bundler aimed at large Next.

## TURN

TURN is a relay used when two peers cannot connect directly.

## TXT record

TXT record is a DNS text record used for SPF, DKIM, verification, and random proofs.

## Type checker

Type checker is a tool that proves shapes, such as tsc or mypy, without running the program.

## TypedArray

TypedArray is array views over binary buffers, such as Uint8Array.

## TypeScript (TS)

TypeScript (TS) is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to JS so large apps can catch shape errors before they reach the browser.

## typosquatting

typosquatting is publishing a package whose name is one letter off a popular one.

## UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is the fire-and-forget packet protocol under DNS, QUIC, and games.

## Uncontrolled input

Uncontrolled input is an input that owns its value in the DOM, read through a ref.

## undefined

undefined is the value of a missing binding or property in JavaScript.

## Unicode

Unicode is the standard that gives every character a code point, including emoji.

## unicode-bidi (CSS unicode-bidi)

unicode-bidi (CSS unicode-bidi) is the CSS unicode-bidi property: how bidirectional text is isolated.

## Unique constraint

Unique constraint is a rule that no two rows may share the same value in a column or set of columns.

## Unit test

Unit test is a fast test of one function or module with collaborators faked.

## Unix

Unix is the older OS family Linux and macOS inherited ideas from.

## Upstream

Upstream is the remote you track for official updates, often the original repo you forked.

## URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)

URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is the broader family that includes URLs and names that identify a resource.

## URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a resource, including scheme, host, path, query, and fragment.

## URLPattern

URLPattern is a platform API for matching URL paths, still landing across browsers.

## URLSearchParams

URLSearchParams is a helper for reading and writing query strings.

## URN (Uniform Resource Name)

URN (Uniform Resource Name) is a URI that names a resource without saying where to download it.

## use case

use case is an application action, such as SubmitApplication, that orchestrates services.

## useEffect

useEffect is the React hook for synchronizing with something outside render.

## useMemo

useMemo is the React hook that caches a calculation between renders.

## User story

User story is a small piece of work written from a user's point of view.

## user-select (CSS user-select)

user-select (CSS user-select) is the CSS user-select property: whether the user can select the text.

## useRef

useRef is the React hook that holds a mutable box that does not trigger render.

## userland

userland is everything outside the kernel: your app, shells, and libraries.

## useState

useState is the React hook that holds a piece of local state.

## UTF-8

UTF-8 is the dominant way to encode Unicode as bytes.

## V8

V8 is Google's JavaScript engine, used in Chrome and Node.

## VACUUM

VACUUM is Postgres maintenance that reclaims dead tuples.

## vault

vault is a dedicated secret store such as HashiCorp Vault or a cloud secret manager.

## vector database

vector database is a store optimized for nearest-neighbor search over embeddings.

## Velocity

Velocity is story points finished per sprint.

## Vercel

Vercel is the host built around Next.

## Verified badge

Verified badge is GitHub's mark that the commit signature matches a trusted key.

## vertical scaling

vertical scaling is giving one machine more CPU or RAM.

## vibe coding

vibe coding is shipping software by steering models with tight specs and reviewing the output like a senior, not pasting blindly.

## view (SQL view)

view (SQL view) is a stored query that looks like a table.

## Viewport

Viewport is the visible browser area; the viewport meta tag tells mobile browsers how to scale the page.

## Virtual DOM

Virtual DOM is a JS tree libraries like React diff against the real DOM to apply fewer mutations.

## visibility (CSS visibility)

visibility (CSS visibility) is the CSS visibility property: whether a box is drawn, while still occupying space if hidden.

## Vite

Vite is a frontend build tool that serves ESM in dev and rolls a production bundle with Rollup or esbuild.

## VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) is your isolated network in a cloud account.

## VPN (Virtual Private Network)

VPN (Virtual Private Network) is an encrypted tunnel to another network, for privacy or for reaching internal tools.

## VS Code (Visual Studio Code)

VS Code (Visual Studio Code) is Microsoft's editor that became the default for web work and the base of Cursor and Codespaces.

## Vue

Vue is a progressive UI framework with a template-first style and a gentler learning curve than React for many teams.

## WAF (Web Application Firewall)

WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a filter in front of HTTP that blocks common attacks and bots.

## WAL (Write-Ahead Log)

WAL (Write-Ahead Log) is the sequential log a database writes before changing pages, used for crash recovery and replicas.

## warm start

warm start is a reuse of an already-booted instance.

## WASM (WebAssembly)

WASM (WebAssembly) is a compact binary format that lets languages like Rust and C run near-native speed inside browsers and other hosts.

## watch

watch is subscribing to notifications from a repo.

## Waterfall

Waterfall is planning the whole project up front, then building in phases.

## WeakMap

WeakMap is a map whose object keys can be garbage-collected.

## WeakSet

WeakSet is a set of objects that does not keep them alive.

## Web app manifest

Web app manifest is the JSON file that names the app, icons, and start URL for install prompts.

## Web Components

Web Components is custom elements, shadow DOM, and templates: the browser-native component model.

## WebAssembly (WASM)

WebAssembly (WASM) is the full name of the portable compilation target that sits beside JavaScript in modern browsers.

## WebAuthn

WebAuthn is the browser API for passkeys and hardware keys.

## Webhook

Webhook is your server receiving an HTTP POST when another system has an event, instead of you polling.

## Webhook secret

Webhook secret is the HMAC key GitHub uses so you can verify a webhook really came from them.

## webpack

webpack is the long-standing JS bundler with a large plugin ecosystem.

## WebRTC

WebRTC is browser APIs for real-time audio, video, and data with peer connections.

## WebSocket

WebSocket is a persistent bidirectional channel upgraded from HTTP, used for chat and live boards.

## white-space (CSS white-space)

white-space (CSS white-space) is the CSS white-space property: how spaces and wraps are handled, including nowrap and pre-wrap.

## width (CSS width)

width (CSS width) is the CSS width property: the horizontal size of the box, subject to box-sizing.

## will-change (CSS will-change)

will-change (CSS will-change) is the CSS will-change property: a hint that a property will animate.

## Windows

Windows is Microsoft's desktop and server OS, still the office default.

## wontfix

wontfix is a closed issue the project will not implement.

## word-spacing (CSS word-spacing)

word-spacing (CSS word-spacing) is the CSS word-spacing property: extra space between words.

## Workbox

Workbox is Google's library for writing service worker caching strategies.

## Worker

Worker is a process that pulls jobs from a queue and does the slow or retryable work.

## Workers (Cloudflare Workers)

Workers (Cloudflare Workers) is V8 isolates at the edge that run JS on Cloudflare's network.

## Workflow

Workflow is a YAML file under .

## Working tree

Working tree is the files you see and edit, as opposed to the index and the object store.

## workspace (npm workspace)

workspace (npm workspace) is multiple packages in one repo that share a lockfile.

## worktree (git worktree)

worktree (git worktree) is a second working directory attached to the same repo, used for parallel branches.

## writing-mode (CSS writing-mode)

writing-mode (CSS writing-mode) is the CSS writing-mode property: horizontal or vertical flow, needed for some scripts.

## WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is Linux userland on Windows, how many Windows developers run Node and Docker.

## XML (eXtensible Markup Language)

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a tagged document format still used in RSS, SOAP, Android layouts, and office files.

## XMLHttpRequest (XHR)

XMLHttpRequest (XHR) is the older AJAX API.

## XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) is injecting script into a page so it runs as that site, often by reflecting unsanitized HTML.

## YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It)

YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It) is do not build the abstraction for a future that has not arrived.

## YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is an indentation-based config format used by CI, Kubernetes, and many app settings.

## yarn

yarn is another Node package manager.

## z-index

z-index is the stacking order of positioned elements; it only works inside a stacking context.

## Zero trust

Zero trust is authenticate and authorize every request, even inside the 'private' network.

## zero-day

zero-day is a vuln with no public fix yet.

## Zustand

Zustand is a small React store that replaced a lot of Redux boilerplate.